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“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Giant eyelashes that will make you take flight if you flutter them fast enough.

Striving_Hermit:

My husband hates the long fake eyelash look, and he asked me why women wear them when men don't particularly like them.

I thought it would be funny, so I told him it's not about impressing men but about asserting one's dominance on another woman.

He believed me and now tells all his friends that it's an 'alpha-female' thing, hahaha.

TitsMcGhee99 , cornflakegirl_ Report

Final score:

208points

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Bogdan Chelariu 1 year ago

ANY fake eyelashes! I do not like them at all! Gives me a sort of "plastic doll" vibe...

81points

Purples_A_Fruit , Sam Moghadam Khamseh Report

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire What people do to their lips is wild to me.

Final score:

192points

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troufaki13 1 year ago

Εspecially because it's not customized and everyone looks exactly the same as the next person

70points

PureDeidBrilliant , Vanessa Blaylock Report

To gain more insight on this topic, we reached out to Valerie Monroe. Valerie was formerly a beauty director at O, The Oprah Magazine, for nearly 16 years, and has since created the newsletter How Not to F*ck Up Your Face, which provides "philosophical and practical advice for anyone who’s ever looked into a mirror." She was also kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda about beauty standards and where they came from in the first place.

"Actually, there are lots of kinds of beauty standards, which vary depending on the culture that produced them," Valerie noted. "What we see in the West is mostly a Eurocentric beauty standard, which, for women prizes light, clear skin, long hair, light, wide-set eyes, a small nose and chin and a small, full mouth. It's biased against variations of that standard and presents an impossible ideal for most women. Interestingly, it also mimics the features of a baby."

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Butt implants. Just looks nasty as hell.

Final score:

188points

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Biljana Malesevic 1 year ago

And those surgeries are extremely deadly.

106points

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Excessive makeup. When people put so much c**p on they look like they are wearing a mask, not a face.

TheQuarantinian , Ahmad Ebadi Report

Final score:

185points

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keyboardtek 1 year ago

My wife always said the best makeup job is one where men cannot tell you have on any makeup.

96points

montanagrizfan , Marco Verch Professional Report

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Stupid eyebrows that look like perfectly angled stencils is a shade way too dark for their complexion. Like blond girls with 2 black geometric boomerangs on her forehead.

RelevantLie-2297:

Thick eyebrows, like caterpillars crawling across your forehead.

Final score:

166points

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Phoenix the Frog 1 year ago

I like my thick brows. I have naturally thick ones and I have always been insecure of them but I like the thick brown trend.

15points

We were also curious about how beauty standards change over time. "There are variations in the Eurocentric beauty standards mentioned above, but they're minor," Valerie noted. "For example, Coco Chanel introduced the acceptability of tanning the skin, as opposed to maintaining a pale complexion, which had been a sign of wealth and privilege."

"After she accidentally became tanned on the Riviera, tanning became a sign of wealth and privilege," she went on to explain. "Around the same time, women began cutting off their long hair into boyish bobs, which became standard for a certain class. But I believe the impossible Eurocentric ideal has persisted in spite of recent efforts to include more cultural variation."

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire The fact that a huge portion of the world's population has successfully brainwashed itself into thinking that the Kardashians/Jenners are the epitome of beauty to the point that many are willing to imitate whatever moronic thing they do to their bodies is just wild to me.

InsomniacYogi:

It’s called the 'Instagram face' and it’s a legit phenomenon that is being studied by psychologists. It’s doing so much harm to people’s self-esteem and self-concept. We aren’t all supposed to look the same.

Tough_Stretch , kardashians Report

Final score:

165points

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Binky Melnik 1 year ago

I saw a YouTube vid by a plastic surgeon who showed examples of what happens to young girls getting fillers. (AT SIXTEEN?! WTF FOR?!) I was shocked to see how OLD every single one of ‘em looks! There was a point when Kylie Jenner was traffic-stoppingly beautiful (albeit waaay old), but she’s apparently zoomed past that and straight into “desperate divorce trying to look young.” And she’s just 26! She looked 46 in the photos. I wish these poor things could get a grip. 😞

70points

Intelligent-Guide-48 , AFAR AHMED Report

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Any plastic surgery that makes random women look like they're all related. At one point we'll all start to think thin lips and big noses are hot solely because they'll stand out in a sea of copy/paste people.

Final score:

160points

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Annymoose 1 year ago

They all look the same. Straight nose, tiny point, poofy lips, squinty eyes, sunken cheeks. You do you but I can't tell any of you apart. Are you in pain? I can't tell from the amount of Botox in your faces.

70points

Pretend-Ostrich-9602 , Aaron Brogden Report

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Men that have soo much muscle. Obviously it’s very attractive to be in shape but I’m just not attracted to men that have arms the size of two watermelons with the fattest veins ever popping out of their arm. And I also feel like men with a lot of muscle tend to look shorter.

I think men that still have like some abs and some muscle but aren’t looking like the Incredible Hulk are the most attractive.

Final score:

157points

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Tracy Wallick 1 year ago

I'm more concerned how they get that big- steroids are no joke

97points

PM_ME_YOUR_ART_PLZ , Marco Verch Professional Report

As far as the best way to fight these arbitrary beauty standards, Valerie says "not complying with or falling for the beauty marketing that preys on our yearning and our desire to compete for an ideal that's unattainable for most of us anyway—in other words, ignoring the constant messaging we get that we're not pretty enough, thin enough, young enough, etc." can help. "The best way to combat limiting beauty standards is to ignore them," she added.

#10

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire My wife works at a tanning salon. She has a few customers that literally get a tan every day. One of them has already gone through cancer treatment, that didn't stop her from continuing. I'm convinced a few of them are dealing with mental health issues.

Final score:

150points

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Annymoose 1 year ago

Their skin looks like old leather. "That's what Botox is for" oh hon Botox ain't gonna fix that, also skin cancer, ffs.

75points

#11

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire I’m from Stockholm. A lot of girls, particularly from rich areas, like to use so much fake tan that they are orange, and bleach their hair from what was usually dark blonde to platinum blonde. Then they style it to make it voluminous (which is easy to do because their hair is dead from all the dyeing) and apply lots of make-up, which typically includes black mascara or fake lashes. So, a lot of girls here bear a striking resemblance to Miss Piggy. There’s nothing wrong with looking like this, I just don’t understand it.

WhereMyEelAt , Jess Loiterton Report

Final score:

132points

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Duvet Woman 1 year ago

Miss Piggy...that's hilarious.

70points

#12

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Overlined lips. Stop. We can see where you're lip really is. It just looks really unfortunate.

SunflowerSeed33 , Ali Pazani Report

Final score:

121points

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Annymoose 1 year ago

Omg it looks so bad. Like a little kid putting on lipstick all over their face.

50points

Valerie also urges readers to resist becoming consumed with trying to meet these unattainable standards. "Beauty standards are especially pernicious because they're inextricably tied to the images we see on social media, WHICH AREN'T REAL," she told Bored Panda.

"That means that meeting today's standards of beauty is impossible. It's much more productive and healthier to learn how to see yourself without objectification, which will allow you to see yourself the way you see other people, without constantly scanning your face for flaws," Valerie says. "Then beauty standards will lose their meaning for you... And life will take on more."

If you'd like to hear more wise words from Valerie on this topic, as well as many others, be sure to check out her newsletter How Not to F*ck Up Your Face!

#13

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Dentist: So what shade of veneer would you like?

Veneer patient: I'd like refrigerator white please.

OkFinanc , Anna Shvets Report

Final score:

102points

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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

Toilet bowl white please

64points

#14

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Those grossly buff guys on all dating shows. They all look like Gaston from beauty and the beast and I hate it so much I don’t even watch those shows but the lack of variety is appalling.

toedplatypus , Arthur Edelmans Report

Final score:

99points

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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago

I like my guys squishier, for cuddles! Like it is good to take of your body, but there's a balance.

55points

#15

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Fake breasts. Especially the super large ones.

bootycakes23 , Jernej Graj Report

Final score:

99points

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Andy Resh 1 year ago

I do have fake breasts. They look and feel fake. But they are a reconstruction after losing mine to cancer. Please use care and consideration before placing judgement on human beings you do not know.

153points

#16

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Contouring noses until they look like a line and a dot. Will never make sense to me.

eldritchangel , Aidette Cancino Report

Final score:

97points

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Annymoose 1 year ago

The exclamation point nose!! I'll never get it. I can see that thick a*s contour around your nose and it looks bad, sorry.

38points

#17

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire The overly sculpted beard trend. You known when the beard is trimmed and looks like it was outlined in concealer? Neatening up is nice but a sudden pale line as a border around your stubble... looks like it was airbrushed on and not touched up.

hecatemoonshadow , Brock Wegner Report

Final score:

96points

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robin aldrich 1 year ago

And the hair on their head is done the same way, so they end up looking like a Ken doll...

54points

DepressionBarbie_ , Columbia Pictures Report

#18

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Ski slope/button nose. they are cute but not everyone’s face is meant to have that type of nose and it doesn’t look good on everyone and it sucks seeing so many young girls on tiktok get nose jobs and all have the exact same nose.

Final score:

95points

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Binky Melnik 1 year ago (edited)

Here’s another one. I had the tip of my nose modified when I was 29, and I dearly wish the surgeon had warned me that as my nose continues to grow, it’ll not look good at some point. Nowadays, when you look straight at me, you can see up my nostrils. Argh. I hate it. 😰 I’m gonna leave it, though, as I don’t wanna be one of those having multiple surgeries trying to fix the horror created by the previous surgery. Anyway, back to the topic: they’re gonna regret their nose work at some point.

48points

unconformities , Karolina Grabowska Report

#19

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Super skinny My favourite part of my wife, (besides the obvious) is the small push out of baby fat on her waistline just under her belly button. She’s had two kids and that little piece there to me is absolutely dynamite.

Final score:

95points

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Mrs. EW 1 year ago

I’ve always had one. Bigger after I had my son 19 yrs ago. I always think about pulp fiction, when woman says, “I wish I had a pot.” Talking about her belly. “If I had a pot, I’d wear shirts two sizes too small to accentuate it.”

31points

#20

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Idk if I’d call this a standard but the hair style of “shaved all around with like six inches in a small patch on top” has never looked good to me on men or women. It’s not a hair style I really understand.

IAmThePonch , Maksim Goncharenok Report

Final score:

92points

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Donna Peluda 1 year ago

Next to my work we have a barber who does all that kind of hair. Believe most people who go there are a dumb as they look. Some go twice a week. I (m55) have long hair, way past my shoulders normally in a pony tail I love the looks of disgust I get from the guys queuing up.

24points

W3dnesdayAddamsStan , cottonbro studio Report

#21

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Moustaches on men are popular now, I think they're ugly especially on young men.

Final score:

89points

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xxx 1 year ago

I didn't see the 'young' before men and had a good laugh

41points

#22

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire People in India will choose an unattractive fair skinned girl over a darker skinned girl who’s objective beautiful. This is why they get better treatment in Hollywood than Bollywood. Fair skin is a MASSIVELY inflated beauty standard and people ruin their perfectly good skin over it.

There are some things that are objectively beautiful based on studies: Teeth, Specific Facial Features, Leanness, etc. There isn’t much evidence to support that fairer skin is more beautiful.

NotTooShahby , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

89points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

Back in my parents’ time, people didn’t drink tea because it would make them dark skinned. We have an entire market dedicated to whitening the skin with cream

26points

chemistryofacarcrash , Anil Sharma Report

#23

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Clearly photoshopped pictures and weird posing angles.

Final score:

81points

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Stardust she/her 1 year ago

The model’s sari looks really silky

29points

#24

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Buccal fat removal.

loxagos_snake:

Ugh, this one makes me physically cringe.

Like, you are literally removing a baseline later of fat that is supposed to be there, and AFAIK it's f**king permanent.

I understand being overweight and wanting to get rid of excess fat, but a little roundness around the cheeks is generally considered attractive and makes you look youthful.

Groundbreaking-Duck , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

80points

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Binky Melnik 1 year ago (edited)

I’ve always had VERY sharp cheekbones. A b****y hairdresser, hearing someone compliment them, said “You’ll look like a skeleton when you’re old.” He didn’t get a tip, but he was right: I look like a Biafra victim. I’d LOVE to have some fat injected into my buccal area now. Wait til these girls start to age and random strangers offer ‘em money and say “Here; get yourself a sandwich.” It’s not glamorous when you’re old (though granted, you can’t tell young people anything. I know, because I was one of those who wouldn’t listen to someone who’d been through it.) (If any of us ever listened to old folks, we’d never have sunbathed or started smoking.)

41points

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#25

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire People who wear clothes that are too small. Just wear clothes that fit. You'll look a lot better.

Stunning_Patience_78 , Alena Darmel Report

Final score:

77points

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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

I'm not so hard on this because it can be people gaining weight without the means to renew their wardrobe.

86points

Horse_F*cker666 , Roland Belgrave Vintage Photography Report

#26

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Liked in my case, but foot binding in china. Insane amounts of lifelong pain inflicted on children from a young age, just to have the hope of marrying into a better family.

Final score:

74points

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Jay the not okay 1 year ago

this is from long ago, the Chinese version of corsets. we don't do that now. its abuse and illegal if you try doing that to your daughter. and actually, we all think its pretty gross, like ew wtf

55points

#27

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Laminated, combed-up, thick a*s eyebrows. Why.

KrustyKohn:

Yes! This is the one I was going to say. It is such a strange beauty trend to me that I've noticed in the past couple years. Granted, I do come from a time where eyebrows were plucked into a high arch. I think people should just leave their eyebrows be for the most part. I can understand plucking, waxing, or trimming very bushy eyebrows or a uni-brow, but combing the hairs straight up and plastering them to your forehead just doesn't look good.

comoshnyee , Stephanie Lima Report

Final score:

71points

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Kathy Lonergan 1 year ago

Why are so many women obsessed with eyebrows and lashes right now!? It’ll be nice when that trend goes away. They all have the same Groucho Marx brows and Vegas showgirls lashes…yuck!

35points

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#28

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Overly perfect veneers.

HeathenHumanist:

One of my Facebook friends already has good teeth but then she went and got veneers. Now her teeth are just...too big and too BRIGHT.

doublexxchrome , Kamal Hoseinianzade Report

Final score:

70points

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Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago

Ross from F R I E N D S

31points

#29

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire The entire face filled drastically to eliminate all wrinkles, making a person's face look like it belongs to a body that weighs 50 pounds more.

Scott43206 , Vlad Egorov Report

Final score:

66points

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Somebodys grandmother 1 year ago

Ohhh. For medical reason i've been there. Botox in the forehead and neck etc. works against migraines... SH!!T it hurts- i don't miss the 31 neddles...

26points

Ban-Circumcision-Now , Anna Shvets Report

#30

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Circumcision…….a gross and unethical thing that needs so stop

And this should count because in the U.S. most are done purely for cosmetic and not religious reasons….. not that either excuse should be considered reasonable

Final score:

61points

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Happy Homemaker 1 year ago

Don’t forget, back in the day most women were told that it was healthier for their children to them circumcised and easier for them to clean themselves when they get older. That there were germs and other things under the hood that would be difficult to get to. We now know that it’s not true. It’s not that difficult to clean, it’s not healthier to be circumcised. There’s no health benefit. And there are men who wish they had not been circumcised and are now using a technique to make it look like they have a hood now.

48points

Mary Kelly 1 year ago

actually, we now know that it was true...uncircumcised men transmit HPV and other STDs at a much higher rate....

17points

carrie johnston 1 year ago

My grandpa got circumcised at 65 because he hated being uncircumcised. He was really glad he did it. That told me all I needed to know about it.

12points

Kelly Scott 1 year ago

There are also men who weren't circumcised when they were born and often have it done when they are older.

11points

Conner 1 year ago

As a person that has not been circumcised, it is extremely annoying to deal with that one extra thing that I need to clean in the morning. Not being circumcised can make you be at a higher risk for penile cancer and you are more likely to get infections if not properly cleaned. If the parents decide not to circumcise their child then the child should get a choice when they reach 16, because not only is the recovery time longer as you get older but if they decide to be more active (get my hint) in their lives they need to wait 3 to 4 weeks till they can do it again. Overall I think that being circumcised is a great idea and I wish that I had been but I think it's between the doctor and the patient not people on places like these telling people what to do.

5points

Anita Pickle 1 year ago

This still what they say in most American hospitals. Insurance/hospitals love to make money.

0points

Andrew Stewart 10 months ago (edited)

Circumcision seems to reduces the risk of many STDs, so it's not entirely true to say there is no health benefit: http://tinyurl.com/vx8rt8vk

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Alexander 1 year ago

well I am circumcised (for medical not religious reasons) and I really much like it the way how it is - I often question why other people dont get rid of their ugly looking and often sweat or dirt collecting (I had one I know what I am talking about) little piece of skin in a comperably easy and harmless procedere.....

14points

Julie Stevens 1 year ago

Bear in mind, there ARE real medical reasons for circumcision, but those medical reasons are NOT common enough that every parent should be given the option so casually.

14points

Niels Boehm 1 year ago

It really is a cultural thing. It's not common at all to have it done for non-medical reasons over here (Germany), as far as I'm aware of.

4points

keyboardtek 1 year ago

I have never missed having a foreskin.

11points

robin aldrich 1 year ago

Glad to hear from a man, I only had sex with one man who wasn't circumcised and it was just awful. (maybe it was me) ... however, I appreciate the circumcision, personally.

12points

day light 1 year ago

as someone with female anatomy, I can't even imagine how excruciating it would be to remove the clitoral hood. that is a form of FGM, so why isn't circumcision seen similarly?

8points

day light 1 year ago

also for those that bring up phimosis: there are stretching techniques that can help solve the issue for minor cases. suggesting a circumcision for phimosis would be like preforming surgery on my vaginal muscles because I have vaginismus. it's a bit extreme and should be a last resort because ouch

3points

Binky Melnik 1 year ago

I think that once a couple generations have died off (like mine), then folks can do away with circumcisions. Some of us grew up with ‘em being a beauty standard and find uncut men odd-looking (not to mention we don’t know what to do with an uncut one. When I was in the military, 18-year-olds were getting circumcised! 😱 (My best guesses: Either they got with a woman who saw it and reacted badly, or else they looked around in the shower and wanted to fit in.) Society just hasta wait for those of us who like ‘em pretty and cut to go away.

6points

Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

I'm European so it's always wild to find how Americans have strong opinions on this. As a woman, it's never made the slightest difference for me.

19points

Magazine 1 year ago

I've never seen a circumcised penis in my life. That's how European I am.

12points

Will Z 1 year ago

Some guys react to them as well. It's a whole on gay male dating apps both for and against being circumcised.

0points

Performingyak 1 year ago

Were the guys in the military getting it done due to infections from being away from crearure comforts for a month or so at a time? Know a couple of people in that boat. It's not always cosmetic or religious.

0points

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Mary Kelly 1 year ago

Current peer-reviewed clinical reseach indicates that the benefits outweigh the risks, especially for the reduction of the transmission of HIV, HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases. For this reason, WHO and both the American and Australian Associations of Pediatrics recommend male circumcision for infants. See, e.g., https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22926175/ ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20639909/ ; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31496128/

5points

AndThenICommented 9 months ago

Mary - no Australia does not recommend. Just had a baby boy and the state government and Medicare were quite clear about this, as were my doctors.

0points

Jessica Urquhart 1 year ago

Monogamy also reduces the risk of spreading and contracting STDs. Too bad that's not still being taught and encouraged. Instead, it's all about hook-up culture. Gross.

-1point

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RavenTheCat 1 year ago

As a male, and argue me if you insist. I was given it for medical reasons ill admit. It was to avoid issues for me.

5points

Lil Miss Hobbit 1 year ago

I'd say this is the main reason for most parents. Jewish people obviously do it for religious reasons as well.

2points

Turluur 1 year ago

As a gay Man, it's much easier to keep it clean without the extra skin, the extra friction is very nice too 😉

3points

Alexis Dominey 1 year ago (edited)

There's an even worse practice in African countries and even European ones called FGM Female Genital mutilation, under one fktge excuses to keep them form being promiscuous. It's revolting and risks girls physical and mental health along with a higher risk pregnancy complications. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation

2points

Phil Martin 1 year ago

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2points

JuniorCJ82 1 year ago

Doesn't feel great to have body decisions made for you with your consent now, does it?

2points

Amanda Hunter 1 year ago

Not to mention the lack of sensation.

1point

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

I knew a man who had not been circumcised. He told me that he wished he had been, because his adolescent years were very painful. His foreskin did not grow to accommodate the growth of his organ. So, there's that perspective.

1point

Shiva Ho 1 year ago

My own Father decided to use me as a human lab rat to practice his 1st Circumcision on! Naturally he botched it! They really need to ban this barbaric sexual mutilation and make it illegal and then compensate all those who got butchered by this sick sick tradition!

1point

CJ Avant 1 year ago

Here in the US they aren't done for "cosmetic" reasons but hygienic ones. Young boys and many men are not especially diligent bathers. As a woman, I prefer a man with no foreskin. Having said that, mt husband wasn't circumcised because he was born at home, not a hospital and doctors were expensive. You didn't go unless there was great pain or fear of death. He was also very meticulous about all of his personal hygiene so it wasn't an issue. He did however have all of his sons circumcised because he knows that boys will be boys.

1point

Hakunamawhatnow 1 year ago

YES THIS.

1point

Paulo Leitao 10 months ago

its done mostly for medical reasons. well..anywhere other than the states, maybe.

0points

Jane Hower 12 months ago

Done for HEALTH reasons!!! Women who are married to uncircumsized men have a much hight rate of cirvicle cancer. Plus circumsized me 'last longer' when having intercourse - a plus for me, to be sure!! :)

0points

sabbatha 10 months ago

to prevent this type of cancer you need to 1. go regularly to gyno and get tested for hpv (both partners) and if possible, vaccinated 2. use condoms if you don't have monomamous relationship. 3. work on you immune system as we get infected with hpv virus quite commonly and our body can fight it pretty well. Simple as that.

0points

Ralph Watkins 1 year ago

I worked with a very snarky feminist doctor. She asked me the one day what was the clump of wasted tissue at the base of a penis. The foreskin? No. It's the man.

0points

Collette Kilbourne 1 year ago

It is a religious requirement for some.

0points

SGH 1 year ago

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Pan dulce 1 year ago

It's the equivalent to female mutilation. Leave the beavers & roosters alone!

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Jori Montgomery 1 year ago

A lot of women on here giving opinions about the male body when you don't like the same. Uncircumcised penis is gross. Please be honest.

-1point

Afradite 1 year ago

My child's father and I got into a heated debate over this (that and his name, so much so that he immidiately started a family elsewhere so he could circumcise that kid AND use the dumb a*s name) but in my opinion it's not his decision OR mine. So the decision I made was to protect my son's decision until he was old enough to choose. You can't take something like this back and if he wants it done bad enough when he gets older, he will do it. 🤷🏽‍♀️

-1point

Nikki Robbins 1 year ago

I disagree! I had a friend that went to the military after high school and because the government requires this.... Imagine being a grown adult having to get this done! Imagine being in a "sling" and taking longer to heal! Yikes!

-1point

Gina 1 year ago

Oh, absolutely not nope. Uncircumcised penis looks like a snake. Not to mention it carry all kinds of smells and disease. If you don't keep it clean under that skin. The cheese d.

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laura smith 1 year ago (edited)

"that needs to stop"? I hate gatekeepers. People need to learn to mind their own, you don't get to make those decisions for anyone else except for your child. This is like women saying my body my choice and out their health care, now obviously a baby can't decide at birth, but it is no ones decision but the parent.

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

You say the same about fgm?

6points

Jori Montgomery 1 year ago

A lot of women giving opinions on the male body when you don't want the same. I don't see any boys or men complaining about their circumcised penis just women. I have 4 boys and all are circumcised.

-2points

Meep Monstare 1 year ago

Actually, circumcisions can help prevent infections.

-2points

Cat Houston 1 year ago

Agreed. They should be giving vasectomies instead.

-2points

Io Bella 1 year ago

I disagree ... its healthier on the baby... and even better when it comes to sexual health as well...

-2points

A h 1 year ago

Removes 16+ functions of the penis, y'know

1point

Casey Payne 1 year ago

I don't remember having any part in the decision to hack off a part of my penis as a baby, but thank you for your horrible judgement. As if I didn't have enough insecurities.

-2points

TeenieMeanie 1 year ago

Just let the bishop wear his turtleneck.

-2points

Toni Ahlgren 1 year ago

A toy with moving parts is always much more fun.

-2points

Antony Aston 1 year ago

It's just mutilation.

-2points

MonsterMum 1 year ago (edited)

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Annik Perrot 1 year ago

Well, the two main religions that demand it, Islam and Judaism, originated in a place where sand was everywhere and water scarce. So it may well have been for hygienic reasons at the beginning, just as they share the same taboo on pork meat, which goes off very quickly in the heat.

10points

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“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Some of you confuse beauty trends for beauty standards. I find the requirement of being lean, as in, low body fat, to be stupid. Body fat is so demonized at this point, some lower back fat is now considered gross. Having some fat on your body means you actually consume enough food, so your organs can function properly. The obsession with <10% body fat is unhealthy. And whoever once got that lean knows how your bodily functions just drop after you do. Nothing is attractive about low energy, hormonal disregulation and sexual apathy.

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Kathy Lonergan 1 year ago

Thank you for that! If someone is naturally thin, that’s one thing but to always struggle and punish oneself to try to look like that person is ridiculous and I say this as someone who has spent my entire life (67 years) obsessed with that goal. I’m tired of it, I’m just going to be me…. A little chubby (by society’s standards) and happy.

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#32

Grinding canine teeth flat. A dentist once took me aside and told me that he could grind mine down, flat, make it a really good smile.

I said "no, thanks" but was thinking "why in the _f**k_ would I do that‽"

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23points

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AJay 1 year ago

I grind my teeth due to anxiety, and did a lot of damage before finding out and getting a good mouthguard. In my opinion, canine teeth that have been ground down flat create a smile that is no nicer than one with naturally pointy canines. If anything, I've always felt self-conscious about how my teeth looked and used to smile with a closed mouth all the time. Now, after many years of necessary orthodontic work I don't care quite so much.

4points

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#33

High heels. They f**k your feet/ankles up.

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21points

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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

I love the way they make me look but they're not compatible with normal activity, so l wear my trainers then change into heels arriving at destination (thanks Working Girl for teaching me the trick 30 years ago)

7points

#34

I’m not sure of the name for it, but the style of makeup that was really popular in the late 2010s and still kinda is. The one with the cakey foundation, overdrawn nude lips, eyebrows way too thick and dark, clearly trying to emulate the Kardashians. I’m sorry but I have never seen that look good on anyone.

I also really hate the 70s/80s haircuts that Gen Z is into, especially those mullets and “wolf cuts.” Going to a hair salon nowadays is a nightmare because stylists can’t fathom that not everyone wants layers or bangs or tons of volume.

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18points

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Duvet Woman 1 year ago

Depends on the hairdresser. A good hairdresser won't just go by trends.

9points

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#35

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Every nose looking exactly the same.

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martymcmatrix 1 year ago

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2points

#36

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire That thing where girls glue strands of hair to their foreheads.

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16points

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Binky Melnik 1 year ago

I think this is referring to baby hairs, but BP provided a photo of someone getting a weave. no gluing the baby hairs in patterns isn’t attractive, but then I’m not the intended audience, so what I think matters as much as a fart in a tornado.

29points

#37

I am not a fan of very defined abs. I get that it’s REALLY impressive and a lot of hard work and I certainly admire that, but aesthetically I personally find them lumpy and off-putting.

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15points

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Tracy Wallick 1 year ago

Doesn't super defined abs (often, but not always) usually indicate unhealthily low body fat or dehydration? (Male actors with shirtless scenes have talked about being *dangerously* dehydrated so they'd look as 'ripped' as possible)

6points

#38

I’ve never understood the appeal of nose piercings. This is just my personal thing but it just looks distracting and painful (obviously in my head I know it’d not actually painful, but subconsciously I see this metal thing going through someones nose and it makes me wince.)

But hey, some people are into it so more power to them. 🤷‍♂️

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E2U&U2 1 year ago

I don't mind a tiny stud on the side of the nose, but the one that hangs from the center bottom of the nose just looks like a shiny booger to me.

15points

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#39

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire I hate the long beard, lumberjack look.

0nlyhalfjewish , dogadakisakal Report

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11points

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Brittania Kelli 1 year ago

Each their own. I love the lumberjack look. I blame Monty Python.

34points

#40

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire I do not understand why people think tattoos are attractive.

LoveWaffle1 , Hung Pham Report

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10points

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Nina 1 year ago

It's not for everyone. At the same time, I don't think people who get a tattoo think about their attractiveness to someone else. Personally speaking, I get a tattoo for me, not for someone else.

48points

#41

Thigh gaps..like why is that specifically a thing.

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9points

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lazyblackcat_779 1 year ago

I have them naturally and it goes to show that bullying happens with any size of body. I think we all receive a ton of c**p from body standards.

14points

#42

I find blonde to be the least attractive or most boring hair color. Yellow blonde being the worst.

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Joy 1 year ago

My husband has dirty blonde hair. He looks gorgeous! :D

11points

#43

Tattooed oops, micro bladed eyebrows.

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6points

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Nat of Clan P 1 year ago

I over plucked my brows in the 90's and they never grew back in properly so I had them done (Powder brows). They look really natural and the fact that I don't have to draw them in every day is everything! I had them done in May and I still look in the mirror every day and think "Wow. I have eyebrows!!!!" So, not all tattoo'd/mircobladed brows are bad ;)

9points

#44

Bright concealer under the eyes. Makes people look insane.

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4points

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Jay the not okay 1 year ago

I do it to hide the eyeballs...

6points

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#45

Men who shave or wax everywhere, especially the chest, arms or legs. Like to me there is nothing more attractive than a hairy chest.

Hairless body, veneers, sleeve tattoos, orange tan and Gucci bumbag is the uniform of a f**k boy.

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3points

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Joy 1 year ago

I also used to be grossed out by chest hair, (my dad walked around without a shirt on a lot and he's as hairy as an ape). My husband has some though and it is so hot. Like, he has the perfect amount of chest hair. To each their own though!

11points

#46

“Makes Me Physically Cringe”: 30 People List Beauty Standards That Need To Retire Being totally hairless.

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robin aldrich 1 year ago

There should be a disclaimer there. There are some people who have a condition and can't grow hair on their head.

22points

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Sedona 1 year ago

This list is appalling and the comments under the pictures aren't any better.

22points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

BoredPanda has sadly become a pretty really mean and toxic place anymore. If you can believe it, this site actually started as a "family-friendly" website that posted artwork from new artists and posted fun articles about uplifting news. It truly frustrates me that BoredPanda staff have writer and editor in their titles when they just copy-and-paste nasty stuff like this.

24points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

Wow, what a disgusting article BoredPanda. What the hell is up with this site anymore? How about we stop objectifying people's bodies?

14points

Carl 1 year ago

I thought the premise of this article was noting objectifying trends that are otherwise pointless?

11points

ConstantlyJon 1 year ago

Jesus Christ what the f**k is this article?

13points

day light 1 year ago

it's kinda weird how comments against women are a lot higher ranked than comments against men. the first comment I saw about men in this post genuinely surprised me because I wasn't expecting to see any directly against men, only things like "silly women and their silly makeup" and gender neutral things

10points

frederic eeckman 1 year ago

I always thought bored panda was a safe space because people were mostly kind to each other and non judgemental. Until I read that article. It's vile.

8points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

BoredPanda hasn't been a safe spot for over three years. Ever since the pandemic this site has turned into a really toxic place. BoredPanda used to pride itself on being a family-friend site, now they censor all of their users yet still have some of the worst trolls I've ever seen on a site. They also no longer write their own content and copy-and-paste listicles (without editing) from Reddit. It's pretty sad. What's even sadder as articles like this bring in the trolls.

5points

Julie Stevens 1 year ago (edited)

This was really toxic. Those person's fake lips hurting me? No? None of my business. That person bulked up beyond understanding; Is that hurting me, or hindering me from living my own best life? No? Then I have zero say. I can silently judge and make all the assumptions I want on why they made those choices, but at the end if the day? I still won't know what to make for supper, and the laundry keeps piling up.

6points

Jon Steensen 1 year ago (edited)

Well I think that the issue is that if nobody speaks up, you can get these kinds of selfsustaining feed back loops, where a lot of people do some horrible things to their body, because they think that other people will then find it more attractive, when in fact it not like that at all. If you want to modify your body because it makes you feel better that is one thing, but if a girl get some big fake boobs, and gets all the trouble (back pain, difficulty in finding clothes that fit, them bouncing around and tugging on her body when she runs etc.) and the large pricetag that comes with them, only to be disapointed that she still cannot find a partner who like a living plastic-fantastic-barbie-doll, then I think that she would be better of if someone had corrected her by telling her their honest opinion about what they find attractive and what they are not so fond of. ...and the same goes for the girls who starve themselves to death, due to a misguided ideal that the skinnier they get, the more attractive they will become, when infact most men like some curves, and don't find the walking skeleton look particularly sexy.

1point

BlindAres 1 year ago

This list is complete 💩. How someone dresses/accessorizes/uses personal choices doesn't have to appeal to you. It has to appeal to the person wearing it.

5points

Hakunamawhatnow 1 year ago

Too much sour grapes and insecure people in this post.

5points

Lovemyisland ️ 1 year ago

I mean, all of these sound more like personal preferences. Because what one person may find criinge, someone else might find pretty.

4points

DB 1 year ago

Man bun or, as I like to call it, a douche knot.

4points

Panda Guy 1 year ago

Jerk k**b

4points

Sami-Jo Ross 1 year ago

Some of these are understandable. Others are just plain petty.

4points

Casey Payne 1 year ago

bi·zarre - adjective/ very strange or unusual, especially so as to cause interest or amusement. This article didn't quite reach the low bar of bizarre, but they did manage to air out the judgements of shallow grumps. Except for 2 of them that thought foot binding and circumcision are somehow elective surgeries on the same level of butt lifts and nose jobs.

2points

Jon Steensen 1 year ago

I am surprissed that those earlope expanding earrings is not mentioned in here. It was clearly a fashion thing, and making permanent changes to your body just to fit into a fashion trend is in my honest opinion a stupid thing to do (what are you gonna do when that look becomes outdated and unpopular?). To be honest I have always thought they looked awful, and considered it be part of a culture that was fit for native tribes, not white people in an office job. ...and the same goes for tribal or other types of fashion tatoos. It is ok to get inked with something that means something to you, e.g. your children's names (though I would never use my body as a canvas myself), but stay away from the "cheap" fashion stuff, because you couldn't come up with something better. But that was just my personal opinion, it is your body and you can do what you want with it.

1point

Lara Verne 1 year ago

Thin eyebrows bad, thick eyebrows bad. Got it.

1point

Rostit. . 1 year ago

Thank goodness, I'm just naturally ugly.

1point

Roli Bee 1 year ago

Well, that was a little toxic.

0points

Barbara Baldwin 1 year ago

I like this post

0points

Cat Houston 1 year ago

I'd agree with all of it. Huge lips, eyebrows, fake lashes, nails, the BBL thing is just nuts. It's almost all to imitate the Kardashians, which is appalling.

0points

Emerald Udoh 1 year ago

Whats also funny is the fact people can do what they want with their body, without needing the backlash

0points

lla 1 year ago

As a sculptor, I am strongly put off with all those over surgicated faces. Series and films look like exhibitions of bad art.

0points

Julian Slate 1 year ago

Aside from a handful of good ones, most of these seem to be in favor of beauty standards more than against them...

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Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago

Nobody expects your support, dude. Not when it comes to anyone's body

6points

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Sedona 1 year ago

This list is appalling and the comments under the pictures aren't any better.

22points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

24points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

Wow, what a disgusting article BoredPanda. What the hell is up with this site anymore? How about we stop objectifying people's bodies?

14points

Carl 1 year ago

I thought the premise of this article was noting objectifying trends that are otherwise pointless?

11points

ConstantlyJon 1 year ago

Jesus Christ what the f**k is this article?

13points

day light 1 year ago

10points

frederic eeckman 1 year ago

I always thought bored panda was a safe space because people were mostly kind to each other and non judgemental. Until I read that article. It's vile.

8points

LokisLilButterknife 1 year ago (edited)

5points

Julie Stevens 1 year ago (edited)

6points

Jon Steensen 1 year ago (edited)

1point

BlindAres 1 year ago

This list is complete 💩. How someone dresses/accessorizes/uses personal choices doesn't have to appeal to you. It has to appeal to the person wearing it.

5points

Hakunamawhatnow 1 year ago

Too much sour grapes and insecure people in this post.

5points

Lovemyisland ️ 1 year ago

I mean, all of these sound more like personal preferences. Because what one person may find criinge, someone else might find pretty.

4points

DB 1 year ago

Man bun or, as I like to call it, a douche knot.

4points

Panda Guy 1 year ago

Jerk k**b

4points