tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post5577933044323810132..comments2023-06-16T16:08:23.446+01:00Comments on Edinburgh Housewife: Art and IdentityMrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-61764102841068992712015-06-18T14:56:46.912+01:002015-06-18T14:56:46.912+01:00It's not that men have naturally better skin, ...It's not that men have naturally better skin, it's that we are hard-wired to associate female attractiveness with youth because female fertility correlates so strongly with it. So we want to make our eyes look bigger and our skin look softer and more even. Men don't experience the same drop-off in fertility as they age, so losing the youthful glow they had at 17 (or at least would have had if it weren't for the acne and adolescent angst) doesn't reduce their appeal. In fact, I'd hazard that it says to our hind-brains "Look, I have collected enough experience to show that I am strong and clever and therefore would be a good provider and defender for your young!" Heather in Torontonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-80230783954341917832015-06-18T12:04:26.142+01:002015-06-18T12:04:26.142+01:00I don't think men would look better to straigh...I don't think men would look better to straight women if they started wearing makeup. I'm just wondering how it is that they don't seem to need it -- do men have naturally better skin than women do? Perhaps men's skin is tougher, and so it withstands environmental damage better? I have seen men whose eyelashes are just perfect, and I just think, why, God, why?Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992516879346846271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-51519752850716849142015-06-18T09:00:44.568+01:002015-06-18T09:00:44.568+01:00Well, nobody except hookers was wearing make-up, s...Well, nobody except hookers was wearing make-up, so they didn't know any better. Middle-aged women had to rely on having sacks of cash if they hoped to marry (or marry again). So I would say, "natural beauty of the young folk" and "sacks of cash."<br /><br />I wonder if men would look better to us if they all wore make-up? Ugh, no. Probably not. Maybe wearing make-up is something else women do to emphasize that we are not men. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-20284539812469747012015-06-18T06:52:35.365+01:002015-06-18T06:52:35.365+01:00Wait a minute...how did men ever find women attrac...Wait a minute...how did men ever find women attractive before we all started wearing make up???Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992516879346846271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-85467899715588416962015-06-18T06:45:40.428+01:002015-06-18T06:45:40.428+01:00"But there is a point where sitting there, sm..."But there is a point where sitting there, smiling, just feels like.... AAAAUGH!"<br /><br />You're telling me.<br /><br />Look, I love make up. I look like a heroin addict if I don't wear at least some. Men who say that they prefer women who don't wear make up have obviously not seen a woman not wearing make up. <br /><br />Perhaps Sts Thomas are against make up, but I must say I don't really care. What annoys me no end is that men can look good by taking a shower and putting on a suit and I can't look good without at least 450 chemicals on my face. And an extra 557 chemicals in my hair.<br /><br />I draw the line at fake tan though. That stuff's horrid.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992516879346846271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-670426779858438488.post-77211247287323134692015-06-18T03:34:20.502+01:002015-06-18T03:34:20.502+01:00I never wear makeup unless physically forced, but ...I never wear makeup unless physically forced, but it's more on the lines of "couldn't be bothered with that nonsense" than honesty or identity. :PLaikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253438898237238403noreply@blogger.com