Name: Is make up aggressive? Studies on pretty privilege
Uploaded: 2025-06-17T15:41:45.000Z
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You know I love going full glam, even though it makes other women see me as more aggressive.

Makeup reliably increases the facial attractiveness of the wearer, but highly attractive women are perceived as more aggressive when made up.

And less attractive women are perceived as better leaders when made up.

What, we're the the same person, so shading me is shading you.

Plus, women will often feel less attractive themselves when viewing other made up faces, sorry, they may think, it's like she's wearing makeup at me, or it's war paint, because it will basically trigger their intersexual competition, sorry.

Again, this is basically looking in a mirror, you just threw on blue light glasses and did your hair kind of different.

So, when I throw on lipstick and mascara and feel good about myself, I know it can make other people feel bad.

Whoa, you're being pretty aggressive, bestie.

So you think I'm highly attractive, because I have makeup on and you're perceiving me as aggressive.

Admitting I'm attractive is admitting you're attractive.

Do you not get, do you actually think we're different people?

Wearing cosmetics has its advantages in a professional setting, women, though experiencing more jealousy, will rate made up faces as more dominant, while men rate them as more prestigious.

And a Harvard study found that women wearing a professional amount of makeup increases others perception of her likability, competence, and trustworthiness.

But is that because of the makeup, or is it, you know, the confidence that comes with feeling good when you look good?

But you know, I think what what's a better question is, have you ever thought of going with a bob?

I think you would look so cute with short hair.

Okay, again, I am you, so I did read the study.

Off with her hair, intersexually competitive women advise other women to cut off more hair.

I'm just saying, bangs in a bob would look so good on you.

Do you mean on us, because if I cut my hair, you cut you cut your hair.

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