Women being hairless is a manufactured media campaign. We are born with hair, we grow hair, hair on women is natural. The prevalence of showing women as hairless below our eyebrows is a deliberate choice and it is not simply down to individual preferences.
knitwitt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Again, nobody has an obligation to change their body for the sake of normalizing a certain beauty standard. If the actor doesn’t want to grow out it’s their right not to do so. You can’t criticise individuals for industry trends.
velma@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I didn’t criticize their individual choice.
I am criticizing the media for only showing women as hairless.
Do I need to explain this again in different words for you to understand I’m not attacking the actresses’ personal choice?
knitwitt@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
When EggInDisguise suggests that it may be personal choice and you chime in to say that representation matters as a response, it sort of comes across like you don’t think the actor’s preferences matter over the end goal of changing the media landscape.
velma@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
This is a produced television show. Nothing the actress is wearing is her choice in the show.
I will fight tooth and nail for anyone to choose how they present their body. I don’t care if people shave or don’t shave.
I do care about how the media presents women and the affect it has on how society expects women to look and behave.