'beauty'

I have this long list of topics to write about so that I can make up all of my blog posts but I keep making up new topics that I think of. I think tomorrow will be when a lot more posts come up since I haven't planned anything for tomorrow, finally. I actually thought about this topic when I was in the shower (not in a strange way but it's actually relevant when I've explained).

So, 'beauty'. Personally, I think that it's really unfair that there are a lot more beauty standards for women. Men complain that women take too long to get ready but if they didn't do all those things, then men would be repulsed or something equally drastic.

The beauty standards that I am referring to are all these things that women have to do that men don't. One good example is shaving or waxing. In today's society, women should have hairless underarms and legs and groomed bikini lines. However, men can be hairy and some consider hairiness as a sign of masculinity or something equally strange. I don't think men understand how much effort and pain and money goes into maintaining hairlessness and smooth soft skin. Same with eyebrow grooming. Like in one of my posts yesterday, skin peeled off around my eyebrows and I looked scary for a few days just so I'd have nice eyebrows. After that waxing, I now need to maintain them with tweezers which hurts. Another thing is clothing and jewellery. As a general rule, men shouldn't really wear much jewellery except a watch (or wedding band). Women on the other hand, have tonnes of different options and earrings - which hurt when they're pierced or if you haven't worn any for a while and then re-pierce the hole. Then clothes, sometimes there are dress clothes to adhere to, like smart-casual or formal or evening wear. For men, this mainly means wear a suit. But for women this is so difficult. In evening wear there are way too many styles and varieties to choose from and it's difficult to know which is suitable. Plus, women judge each others clothes, men don't do that, I think.

There are a lot more unfair things that women have to go through but I think I might save that otherwise this could become an essay and I'm not feeling awake or well enough for that.