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From: anderson@ittvax.UUCP (Scott Anderson)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: why don't men wear makeup (re: sam)
Message-ID: <1464@ittvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Aug-84 17:05:13 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 16 17:05:13 1984
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>   From: ittvax!decvax!mcnc!duke!phs!sam
>
>   If, as Scott Anderson claims, makeup is:
>        1.  part of the business/professional dress code
>        2.  fun to use
>        3.  a tool for improving one's appearance and thus one's self-confidence
>   I think the obvious question is:
>   WHY DON'T MORE MEN WEAR MAKEUP ???????

Cuz no one never show'd us how???  You won't buy that, hunh?  Okay.

1. Makeup may be part of the dress code for women, but it's not
   for men.  See discussion in #3.

2. It may be lotsa fun; I don't know.  I'll bet Jeff Sargent has
   an opinion, since he does theatre.  It's GOTTA be more fun
   than lifting weights, which men have done for #3.

3. Improving one's appearance means that MOST, OTHER people think
   you look better that way.  For women, this is so, although they
   run the risk that some men and women will think them ugly, vain,
   shallow, and defective for wearing makeup.  For men, the odds
   are reversed:  some men and women will think he looks better,
   but most will think the man vain, stupid, gay, weird, you-name-it.

   People are used to seeing women made-up, so they do not think it
   strange.  They DO think it strange to see a man made-up.  Few
   people like to be thought strange.  Therefore, men don't wear
   makeup.  The same argument does not hold for women.

Now, one followup question is:  is it useful to lay the foundation so
that men can feel free to use makeup, or are we men (and our skin)
better off without it?  What about the "fun" of facial art?  Are we
being denied our right to autograffiti ?!?!  What about being able to
coverup those little mistakes on that mask we wear, with another layer
of mask?  I see a mistake reflected in this CRT screen....

Maybe we should organize National Men's Makeup Day, and dress (so to
speak) for the occasion?  Think how much prettier the world would be!

Time to stop, I'm losing control.

Scott D. Anderson
decvax!ittvax!anderson
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