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I worked in a gift shop, one thing we sold was lotions/creams and had testers on the counter. Then one day the boss brought in some magnifying mirrors, 3x on one side and 10x on the other. We set up one on the counter. Every woman looked into that 10x mirror and their face fell. Then they'd sigh and grab a tester and pat cream into their face. We sold a lot of cream and lotion, and all the mirrors! But I hated it. I was glad when they were gone, because I didn't like having a bunch of depressed customers. And I certainly didn't want to keep catching glimpses of my own face in there! Every tiny crevice looked enormous, like I was 100 years old.
I spent so much time in front of mirrors like that as a teenager, obsessing about every black-head and pimple, etc.
Oh lord that says it all!
The more "ugly" and "fat" they can make you feel, the more money they can snatch from you!
And they very quickly change the beauty standard goal posts.
It's a never-ending carousel of horror! 🎠🔥
I'm pretty sure if everyone stopped buying purses, women would finally get pockets in their clothes.
well at least they get fake pockets
It's the dream!
I boycott clothes without pockets. It's improved my life 1000%
Hi mate, thanks for stopping by! This is a woman's only community so please don't post again 😊
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I can believe this. Once I started appreciating myself, I didn’t need to buy so many potions, makeup, or any other weird thing that men think we need.
Off of the top of my head:
- Makeup,
- (Some types of ) clothing,
- the diet industry - not saying hating your body is the only reason for a diet, but I suspect it’s 50-80% of the industry anyway
- some parts of workout industry
- some types of self-help books
- cosmetic surgery
The diet industry is definitely invested in having women hate our bodies. An actual lifelong healthy diet does not require their products
I'd say it's equally true of most industries.
I imagine this is going to be difficult for you to run. The website is heavily weighted towards men and a very particular kind of man at that. I congratulate you on your endeavour and optimism and that is not sarcasm. A lot of women's sites are slowly eroded away until they disappear. Here's hoping we last out
Thanks mate. We've been blessed with some amazing women posters and some lovely men have commented to show support. It can be difficult but so far we're coping
I'm worried your post body could make trans men (ftm) feel unwelcome here. Rule 1 is that anyone under the trans umbrella is welcome, so you should probably be careful about language that either excludes trans men, or implies they're not real men.
Thanks I thought it was clear from the fact that we're women only. I've edited it now
Ah. Well, I'm no longer welcome according to the rules as I'm agender, but before I go I should warn you that you could also make bigender people feel unwelcome. I have a friend who's a man and a woman at the same time.