• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Sounds like smokers who say that cigarettes calm them down.

    Smoking doesn’t relieve anxiety, not smoking creates it. Same thing applies for people who say they feel unattractive w/o cosmetics.

    Outside of something like art performances, there’s no reason for anyone to ever wear makeup

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      As someone who militantly refuses to wear it to work, I appreciate it as an artistic and stylistic choice. It’s never a tool to hide my face or imperfections but rather to express myself at times. And yes sometimes it makes me feel powerful, much in the same way a dress cut just right for my body makes me feel powerful or wearing steel toe boots into a business meeting makes me feel powerful.

      The problem is the expectation of it. If you can’t treat people with respect whether or not we wear it that’s on you.