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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Are more women finally making the connection between the beauty industries emphasis on anti-aging products and the pedophilic nature of patriarchy? has it finally hit you that your obsession with not looking "old" caters to the predatory male gaze?"

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Agree. Patriarchy, rape culture, pedophile culture. It's the world we live in and informs everything. Religion, politics, media, advertising. And it's almost impossible to grasp the extent.  Naming it is a start. Workplace sexual harassment and date rape were concepts that didn't exist 50 years ago. Once we named it we could start to fight back.

The beauty industry encourages eating disorders and body modification. I support individuals expressing themselves however they choose. [b]It's impossible for me to judge how much of what we do is truly an individual decision, and not due to social conditioning.
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This is absolutely the crux and why I get so mad about women fighting about going gray or not. It's not a moral choice.

I also think that it can be hard to look at yourself in the mirror because you feel the same as you did as a 25yo, but you don't look the same. I wish we could acknowledge that aging is challenging because we have to accept our mortality, and while some of it is about marketing, some of it is about evolution. [/quote]

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