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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
Mon Feb 13, 2012, 06:56 PM Feb 2012

Women's issue - false whatever [View all]

First we have false boobs, then the styles move to false height.. with shoes so tall now that there have to be platforms.
Now the new thing is false eyelashes. Not the old kind we had in the 1960's but huge, thick caterpillar things.

Complaining about this makes me seem like an old fart, but since I am... I will.

I haven't succumbed to any of the above except I do have a pair of ankle boots that have a 3 inch heel. I only wear them on special occasions.

Anyway, I see these young women trying for a standard of beauty that is so unreal and think back to my younger days when we fought so hard for a natural look and to be accepted for our real selves. Now it seems gals want to be sex-kittens and they use the excuse that it is "empowering". I call b.s. on that.

Edit post to add: thank god they still reject girdles! horrible things

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