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.

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.

How we've demonised not having a perfectly flat belly even after having children is both stupid and infuriating

This comes from trying to look like a Victorian picture with modern clothing. And I'm not talking corsets here! Women's clothes wasn't so much relying on chinching, but used various shaping methods to give a woman the desired silhouette. Like wearing ruffles on the skirt and shoulders to make them appear wider and wearing layers that were worn lose at the bust and bottom but skin tight around the waist. Sashes and v-shaped seams added to the illusion of tiny waists, and yes, painted portraits were definitely drawn more flattering to look better. Also the beginning of photography was also the beginning of retouching. They used backgrounds and black cloth pieces to retouch the models and sometimes simply painted on the photo itself. But still people believe it was corsets and cinching that gave women this unattainable hourglass silhouette.

I hate the way clothes fit me. I have high hips with a small waist and a large bust. When I am wearing a loose fitting top that passes just past my belt line, I look larger.

I'm an hourglass but due to the fact I have a big bust and big hips, the plus size version is actually called The Cello. We're still hourglasses, we just have more sand in the bulbs :D

its not unachievable. but it requires effort and dedication.

A shapely woman usually denotes a healthy woman. yet not always. If your intent is to attract a male then realize most men do not like fat, especially excess fat.Regardless of genetics be healthy of body, mind and soul.

Damned if you do, damned it you don’t. Best to just not give a damn.

It provides young guys with unrealistic ideas about how females look.

Even though I have always been a plus-size woman, I have a pear-shaped bod. Until the weight REALLY started packing on, you would never guess that I weighed between 160 and 165 lbs. I miss those days. But it sure beats having a football figure (broad shoulders, narrow waist).

oh, no worries. I have hourglass but am plus sized - therefore still considered ugly. It is only considered pretty if you are thin and have flat stomach

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.”