Why are some people so anti-makeup?

It is a new thing. In the 1700s men and women both wore makeup. The idea that it's just women who do it is recent.

Men and women are different as far as one has a penis and the other has a womb. But wearing makeup is totally socially fabricated and has NOTHING to do with our biology.

If I stop wearing it then I get the "!ROUGH!" "you look really tired" comments from everyone.

The point is, because everyone wears it, it has become the norm, and so NOT wearing it suddenly 'isn't good enough'.

That is a massive travesty. I resent that. Applying make-up drains hours of my life away. Men don't have to wear it, but women do. It's a sexist double standard.

*Sigh*

This is why; somehow not-wearing it is now classed as due to being lazy and not making an effort due to people this opinions like your own.

I don't feel I have any moral high-ground over those who wear makeup, and I don't resent those who wear it. In the same vein, I don't hold any more or less respect for people who don't wear makeup. What someone does or doesn't do to their appearance doesn't shape my perception of them. I like people for who they are, not what they choose to look like.

No, I don't wear makeup. That doesn't mean I 'cba' when I wake up in the mornings -.-

It doesn't change the shape of your face or turn someone ugly attractive, that's what I said. Which is true.


Actually, the majority of men seem to agree with me, that well applied makeup is attractive. Makeup doesn't look crap, and I find the men who say that are the ones that are worried their girlfriend will attract attention. "Oh don't worry you're beautiful without it!" "Lets stay home tonight!" "You don't need expensive clothes to look gorgeous" We see through that.

Should have clarified this, a lot of people who don't wear makeup also don't make an effort with how they dress and look in general. Obviously that's not everyone who doesn't wear makeup. if you don't wear it but don't try to force that on everyone else, that's fine.

It doesn't change the shape of your face or turn someone ugly attractive, that's what I said. Which is true.

Yeah, the naive guys on these forums tend to talk a load of **** sometimes. Most of them wouldn't know how to pull a girl if she sat on his lap. They're probably the same losers who think its harder for guys to pull than girls, lol. I hear that fallacy all the time on here, and that tells you all you need to know.


British girls wear more makeup than almost everywhere else in the world. When I lived in the US, very few girls wore makeup, and the difference was remarkable. Every British guy who goes to the states is shocked by how much prettier the girls there look. Its just because they don't tend to wear foundation.

True. And what you posted contradicts what you said.

Ive only come across this once or twice in person but on here, loads of people seem to hate makeup with a deep burning passion, guys and girls. Im genuinely curious about this, why would you hate it? Everyone looks better with well applied makeup. Even worse, you get the people who think they have some sort of moral high-ground for not wearing it. Erm no you don't, you just look like you cba to make an effort. So why do so many people hate it on here? I dont mind people not wearing it, I just don't see why people are so aggressively against it.

Im talking about well applied makeup, not badly caked on stuff.

1) Its useless first off if you go clubbing. Its dark in a club and alcohol is nature's equivalent for making all women look pretty.

2) Its essentially marketing/propaganda/illegal selling. A woman with makeup on is not the woman you will be with if you decide to go out with her. Make up must add atleast +3/10 to looks, a disgraceful disproportionalising of the truth.

Ive only come across this once or twice in person but on here, loads of people seem to hate makeup with a deep burning passion, guys and girls. Im genuinely curious about this, why would you hate it? Everyone looks better with well applied makeup. Even worse, you get the people who think they have some sort of moral high-ground for not wearing it. Erm no you don't, you just look like you cba to make an effort. So why do so many people hate it on here? I dont mind people not wearing it, I just don't see why people are so aggressively against it.

No it doesn't, they still have the same bone structure and features.

British girls tend to wear makeup badly. Foundation isn't the cause at all. I honestly doubt you could tell everyone that's wearing foundation.

if you don't wear it but don't try to force that on everyone else, that's fine.

British girls wear more makeup than almost everywhere else in the world. When I lived in the US, very few girls wore makeup, and the difference was remarkable. Every British guy who goes to the states is shocked by how much prettier the girls there look. Its just because they don't tend to wear foundation.

When I lived in the US, it was the exact opposite. Even girls on the Target checkout were wearing enough make-up to sink a battleship. My American female friends were amazed at how little make-up I wore (yes, I am British) in comparison to them. I let one do my face for a night out and I felt like a drag queen, I had to scrape most of it off.

I very rarely saw any women in the States without make-up, even on the beach. So no idea why you are making such brash generalisations.

The main countries I don't see women wearing much make-up are places like Spain, Italy.. It just melts off in the sun, so not much point.

That is such a disgusting way of looking at women. We are not products, you are not buying us and we are not marketing ourselves. This isn't just aimed at you - several people on this thread have made the same analogy - but I find this attitude really horrible. It's arrogant as you assume women are only getting dressed up to impress you (or to sell themselves if you prefer) and it only refers to a woman's appearance rather than the many other things about her. Make-up isn't the only way people 'falsely advertise' before getting into a relationship - how many people do you think change themselves in order to impress someone they are attracted to? I would guess a lot - both men and women.

If I stop wearing it then I get the "!ROUGH!" "you look really tired" comments from everyone.

Applying make-up drains hours of my life away. Men don't have to wear it, but women do. It's a sexist double standard.