30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn’t Have Existed In The First Place

Those make me gag. They look like they're gonna explode 🤢

Booty implants are the dumbest things. They look ridiculous. Like I can't even look at Nicki Minaj without laughing

I made my ex shave his pits. He liked how it felt and kept doing it.

What I find idiotic is when we argue that the other is appropriating their culture.

Everyone should love the color they are. All colors are equally beautiful.

I'm Caucasian and I'm REALLY white. I'm also anaemic which makes it worse. Eh, I embrace the whiteness! And, while I don't actually care about this personally, my old (extensive) faded SH scars, being silvery, are much less visible than when I'm more tanned, and they can discomfit strangers.

What's completely idiotic is that skin lighteners are a multi-billion dollar a year industry and the products sometimes contain mercury and arsenic.

Looks like a "the grass is always greener" scenario.

Rich White folk used to want to be extra pale to show that we didn't have to work outside. Now, the rich White folk get tans to show they went on vacation. My mixed friends have so much to deal with. I'm a Heinz 57, and I'll be at a racist's a*s .

Skin bleach. Those should be illegal

The "White people want to be tanned" thing? I've had racist comments directed towards me and the time that sticks out? She was a bleached blonde white girl with fake tan... As in fake tan that was overdone. I said to her "Okay, if you don't like my skin colour, why are you trying so hard to look like me?"

I grew up with Filipinos and I’d be fake tanning or at the beach in the sun, my family - whitening cream and umbrellas at the beach 😂 it always made me giggle as a kid and I did understand why culturally it was a thing.

Time was in the UK when a tanned skin was frowned upon because it showed that you were an outdoor menial worker. Rich women carried parasols to shield their oh-so-delicate skin from the sun. Yes, it's weird how white people want tamed skin, and then show so racist against people with dark skin. I was appalled when I saww skin whitening face creams on sale in SE Asian stores! They seem to think that only rich women have white skin - all the Hollywood stars do, and they want to emulate them. Shame we cn't all just accept what we are.

both for different reasons and both valid desires.

How about people that look like Oompa Loompas or the Orang messiah? Has anyone ever asked how the Ooompa Loompas feel about this?

I'm an MD. Dermatologist rant against tanning because ultraviolet light exposure can activate skin cancer. This is especially bad for persons with type 1 skin (white, get sun burn). In the past women covered up and wore hats, long sleeves and gloves because being sun-tanned meant you worked outside as a lower class farmer or laborer. I lived in SE Asia where women were sold all sorts of skin whiteners. Some of these are dangerous and can cause permanent damage to the skin. The worst were ones that contained powerful synthetic corticosteroids that will cause atrophy of the skin and underlying tissues of the face.

I wish more people could just love the skin they are in. Look I am super pale... I can't tan at all and I am good with it. My hubby is a carmel color and he is gorgeous! My three daughters range from dark skin to medium to pale like me. All five of us are beautiful in our own way!

Someone said pale people like the tan look because it suggests you have money to go on tropical vacations.

Glad this one is mentioned. Always found it a stupid beauty standard for the very reason that it completely has to do with bone structure.

Yeah, eww, your legs don't work! You're so ugly! Never mind your beautiful face and body, but non-functioning legs are soöoo icky. (/s)

For centuries women did everything they could to get rid of freckles.

Mine goes down to the small of my back and I am 51.

I concur. Glasses look amazing and I'm also glad you can see 😁

The only people saying smile lines are ugly are the people selling Botox and the people addicted to Botox.

Being unattractive is somewhat liberating. I don't have to freak out over every single imperfection on my face since it's not gonna make things much worse anyway.

This is an utterly barbaric practice.

I agree with this one. I think so many women who are overly concerned about their weight are often really more concerned about their SHAPE. And they try to lose weight, but that doesn't and can't solve the "problem", so they are never happy. When was the last time you saw a woman who was portrayed as attractive in a show who had even the slightest bit of stomach, or had a bit of fold when they sat down? Last time I saw that was in a 1960s beach party movie.

The glaring white perfect teeth look super creepy. Especially when they're too big and people can't close their mouths over them (looking at you Miley Cyrus)

Skin lightening is a whole industry in pakistan. Its so hard to find a skin product ,be it a sunblock/moisturizer/serum anything that doesn't have the words lightening/brightening/whitening on it. Colonial shadows after 75 years of independence, are not a good look

I've had every length between waist-length and crew cut, it's amazing when you change your hair and people you barely know go crazy about it. Or one guy said, "your husband must be sad that you wear your hair so short" (it's currently in an angled bob). Haha, old man, jokes on you, my husband thinks I'm hot no matter how I wear my hair- because I am.

Lol. My feet are awful. Paint would not help.

Yeah, when I was a kid, everyone was obsessed with blond hair. As a brunette, I never understood the fad. All eye and hair types and colors are beautiful.

The fact that people make an effort to change the color of their skin is sad to me. And I'm tired of people telling me I need a tan because I'm too pale. This is the skin I was born with. If it displeases them, too frickin bad.

I must be hideous at 4 foot 10

Yeah, it's better to have HUMAN teeth.

Ages everyone by 10 years, and makes them a little skeletory

Is this a real thing?

Wtaf I’ve never heard of this, that’s horrifying.

How did they achieve the crossed eyes?

I'm REALLY hoping this is a troll and not a real thing

I thought it was to prevent ingrown hairs, which is, at least, kind of understandable. Those suck and not for aesthetic reasons.

I don't even know what it is. If we shouldn't be concerned about it, let's not give it a name.

Never heard of this

I had no idea what this is, so: “ A canthal tilt, also known as the fox-eyed look, describes the angle between your inner eye and your outer eye. A positive canthal tint is when the outer corner of the eye is five to eight degrees higher than the inside corner.”