This pissed me off for several reasons, the most basic being that as a man, I have never felt the need to be handsome. I have never felt any pressure to look a certain way. I have always looked and dressed as I have wanted to, as I have been comfortable with. Why should women feel that pressure? Why must women bear that additional burden? Why must women always feel pressured to look slim and scrubbed and attractive?
Racist Cosmetics Adverts
In 2017 the renowned Dove stirred controversy after releasing an advert that depicted a Black woman turning Caucasian after using their lotion. Also that year, another mainstream company, Nivea, apologized after producing an advert with the phrases: