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Hearing the words ‘beauty standards’, we can already assume that it will be something totally unnatural and not great for health both physically and mentally. As years go by, they change (at least a little bit), and most cultures have their own, but probably most of us can agree that when we hear beauty standards, we imagine that to fit in, we must be slim with pouty lips and pointy noses.

Well, one Reddit user recently started a thread asking people online to share the dumbest beauty standards that they have heard of. I think it’s safe to say that most of them are actually insane. So scroll through them and share your thoughts!

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place The huge, ridiculous swollen lips--good gawd it looks silly.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Huge [butts]. So many women look like bumble bees now.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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Bored Panda got in touch with Valerie Monroe, who writes the popular newsletter How Not to F*ck Up Your Face, and she kindly agreed to share her insights regarding this topic.

To begin with, she noted that in her opinion, beauty standards have evolved surprisingly little over time. “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. Interestingly, it mimics the features of a baby,” she emphasized.

Valerie added that despite some recent changes to incorporate more ethnically varied features and darker skin tones, the previous standards still stand.
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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Men who say body hair is unhygienic... and don't shave their own pits.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place White people want to be tanned, people with high skin pigmentation want to be pale. It's completely idiotic how we each want what the others have. 

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Thigh gaps. No offence to anyone who has one naturally but it's just odd to me that this was a literally beauty standard for a good half a decade when, unlike a lot of other beauty standards that can be achieved either through weight-loss/gain, cosmetic surgery or makeup, this one relied purely on genetics.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Now, speaking about whether it is possible for society to move towards a more inclusive and diverse set of beauty standards, she pointed out that she believes it’s possible to move towards them, but that’s probably not going to happen, at least in the U.S. “The majority of our population no longer reflects Eurocentric standards. (In other words, the population includes fewer white people than people of color.) That time is coming, so we'll see.”

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We also asked Valerie if it’s possible to ‘remove’ beauty standards at all, but she noted that it’s not going to happen. “How else will the Big Beauty companies make money? They thrive off our yearning to look a certain way: youthful, sexual, an impossible ideal. There's an enormous capital that goes into supporting our discontent!”
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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place That having a disability means you can't be beautiful

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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)

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#7

30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Freckle tattoos. Natural freckles can be gorgeous, but it is so ridiculous to see young women actually getting some tattooed on, eithet with henna or permanent ink. Yes, it is noticeable that they're fake.

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9 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place That you shouldn't have long hair if you are 40+ years old.

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Finally, it’s obvious that due to the advancement of technology, social media and photoshop, more and more people feel pressure to fit these beauty standards. Valerie shared: “I've said it before and I'll say it again: Social media, filters, and photo-editing technology have had a hellish impact on our yearning to conform to unrealistic beauty standards.”

She also highlighted that what we see on social media is fiction presented as fact and even when we're aware that the images are unrealistic and impossible to replicate, their impact is still deleterious to our well-being. “Why? Because they suggest that unrealistic standards are possible, and if we don't or can't conform to them, we've failed.”
#9

30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place “Boys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses”

Every man I’ve dated has LOST THEIR MIND whenever I take out my contacts and put on my glasses

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place no SMILE LINES??? back in the day we were told we were prettier if we smiled and now its UGLY???

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place That apparently none of us should have pores at all, god forbid a blemish.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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So, guys, if you want to hear more from Valerie on this topic, check out her newsletter, How Not to F*ck Up Your Face!

And what do you think about these beauty standards? What, in your opinion, is the most ridiculous? Share your thoughts in the comments below! 
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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Foot binding

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#13

30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place The hourglass figure. How are you meant to have a small waist/flat stomach but still be fuller of both sides of that waist unless it's genetic? For most women, this is unachievable!

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Well soo I know for some situations its a godsend that this is available.. but generally it currently fashionable and considered beautiful, to get veneers, on healthy teeth.

The process of shaving down natural healthy teeth to glue prettier teeth on, is strange.

Like I have one, my tooth broke, they cut it down and fitted it with a veneer. It was to fix a problem. But now cause that happen i know the new tooth is not as strong, they break they fall off, they are weaker. And the real tooth underneath has been compromised, its nerve is not as protected, it can’t handle temp as well, it is less strong.

To do this to every tooth.. when they look five anyway, just so they look perfect.. it’s shocking. Its also So painful to do it. And if you don’t have a real artist doing it they could mess up and make it look like you are wearing dentures! And really you are Not not!

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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)

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Skin bleaching. It's dumb and it's scary. I know that in some cultures having lighter or fairer skin is deemed "attractive" and some girls and women will shun the sun as much as possible, but smearing on chemicals to bleach your skin's natural colour? Not cool, especially since a friend of mine showed me videos of the after-effects of skin lightening "treatments" that left some pretty nasty side-effects.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Women need long hair to be considered feminine.
Blows my mind when women make a big deal about cutting their hair "short" and its shoulder length (which isn't short)

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place There once was a post on here about how women who don't paint their toenails are ugly... Like lmao what?

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place As a POC I used to think having blonde hair and blue eyes would make me beautiful.

I love my dark hair and brown eyes now, but I had a rough time for a moment in puberty.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Fake tans

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Height being any indication of beauty or desire. It makes no difference to the average person in life.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Having “pearly white teeth”

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Buccal Fat Removal

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Rib removal to get s smaller waist

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Leblouh - involves a girl of five, seven or nine being obliged to eat excessively to achieve female roundness and corpulence, so that she can be married off as young as possible. Girls from rural families are taken for leblouh at special "fattening farms" where older women, or the children's aunts or grandmothers, will administer pounded millet, camel's milk and water in quantities that make them ill.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place The Mayan concept of beauty was wild. Long sloping foreheads, crossed eyes, pointed teeth and hooked noses. These features were achieved artificially starting in infancy.

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Getting filler in your knees so they don’t look like they have faces in them… it’s a race to the bottom when it comes to cosmetic procedures

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place For a while on tiktok, they were promoting products to cure "strawberry legs". It's literally just having pores on your legs. So dumb.

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Hip dips (the obsession to not have them).

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place That large-chested women shouldn't wear sweaters because it gives them "monoboob"

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30 Awful Beauty Standards That Probably Shouldn't Have Existed In The First Place Canthal tilt

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9 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.”

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