I'd say you're right but just barely as it's comparing a firebombing to a nuke.
Toxic beauty standards IS a thing not just leftist delusion and we just need to see the rates of eating disorders and plastic surgery to see that. The worse thing is we can see it going to RUIN the natural beauty a woman has and turn it into a plastic monstrosity (see Erin from the boys)
Now body positivity is worse than that because it promotes a decrease on standards, same as those that promote being sluts or we should just accept minorities engaging in criminality because 'it's part of their culture and don't know better'. It's a race to the bottom mentality because they don't want to put in the basic effort to maintain standards and rather see everything degrade and erode around them than even do a minute of work.
Probably the latter but social media accelerated it.
The 'normisation' of the Internet thanks to smartphones has only been a bad thing. Before when you needed some technical expertise to effectively use it, there was a gatekeeper to ensure you couldn't be bombarded with messaging.
Now thanks to smartphones giving 24hr easy access, it opened up the sewage gates..
The only thing "toxic" about beauty standards is faggots control media depictions of "beauty" and these degenerates have a deranged view of what is beautiful.
Well that and the money plastic surgeons and such make from such a horrible industry.
I dare say that at most, 10% of cosmetic procedures that are undergone are even remotely justified, such as in cases of disfigurement and birth defects. Just about everything else is extra fluff that is totally unnecessary with potentially backfiring results.
On a similar but unrelated note, things are liable to get a little more nebulous though as we've already started to see the effects from video and photo filters, which are only going to become even more capable of artificial visual enhancements as the technology improves.
One video that sticks in my head was a woman bemoaning being ugly in the tik tok 'five stages of acceptance' method.
The thing that gets me, though, is that... she looked fine! Cute, even. Not ugly, not overweight - the worst you could say about her that she was 'average', and I felt that was reaching a bit.
...so, naturally, she then went to the final stage of 'revenge', with a supposed 'glow up' that just had her looking like a porn star. Skimpy clothes, makeup caked on, the works.
Maybe I'm just turning into a were-Boomer or something in my more off moments, but we really shouldn't be basing beauty standards off of whores, of all things.
It's why I base my beauty standards of fantasy and mythology, something impossible to obtain but good to aspire to as who doesn't want even a fraction of that?
Basing beauty standards off someone who spreads their legs for a few notes is just pathetic.
I'd say you're right but just barely as it's comparing a firebombing to a nuke.
Toxic beauty standards IS a thing not just leftist delusion and we just need to see the rates of eating disorders and plastic surgery to see that. The worse thing is we can see it going to RUIN the natural beauty a woman has and turn it into a plastic monstrosity (see Erin from the boys)
Now body positivity is worse than that because it promotes a decrease on standards, same as those that promote being sluts or we should just accept minorities engaging in criminality because 'it's part of their culture and don't know better'. It's a race to the bottom mentality because they don't want to put in the basic effort to maintain standards and rather see everything degrade and erode around them than even do a minute of work.
More like the radiation vs the fire storm both from the same nuke. Its the same issue just expressed in a different way, same root causes.
The question is, what is that root cause, social media, the media, living in cities, some outside force pushing both...
Probably the latter but social media accelerated it.
The 'normisation' of the Internet thanks to smartphones has only been a bad thing. Before when you needed some technical expertise to effectively use it, there was a gatekeeper to ensure you couldn't be bombarded with messaging.
Now thanks to smartphones giving 24hr easy access, it opened up the sewage gates..
Heh, I remember when people said that what GUIs did.
Women tend to be much more social creatures, and to me that means gossip and praise/shaming is much more prevalent in their social circles.
Women caught in the toxic beauty loop seem to want to be praised by their peers and seem to be scared of the rejection that they'll get if they slip.
Women caught in the toxic body positivity loop seem to want to bully others into praising them for basically giving up on their health.
either way, it's all about what others think about them and not what they think about themselves.
The only thing "toxic" about beauty standards is faggots control media depictions of "beauty" and these degenerates have a deranged view of what is beautiful.
That would explain how so many 'girl next door' looking women after plastic surgery look like a barbie doll had its head in a vice.
Well that and the money plastic surgeons and such make from such a horrible industry.
I dare say that at most, 10% of cosmetic procedures that are undergone are even remotely justified, such as in cases of disfigurement and birth defects. Just about everything else is extra fluff that is totally unnecessary with potentially backfiring results.
On a similar but unrelated note, things are liable to get a little more nebulous though as we've already started to see the effects from video and photo filters, which are only going to become even more capable of artificial visual enhancements as the technology improves.
If you want to get all conspiracy theory take a look at how much plastic surgery Jewish women get to look more White.
It doesn't even need to be that.
One video that sticks in my head was a woman bemoaning being ugly in the tik tok 'five stages of acceptance' method.
The thing that gets me, though, is that... she looked fine! Cute, even. Not ugly, not overweight - the worst you could say about her that she was 'average', and I felt that was reaching a bit.
...so, naturally, she then went to the final stage of 'revenge', with a supposed 'glow up' that just had her looking like a porn star. Skimpy clothes, makeup caked on, the works.
Maybe I'm just turning into a were-Boomer or something in my more off moments, but we really shouldn't be basing beauty standards off of whores, of all things.
It's why I base my beauty standards of fantasy and mythology, something impossible to obtain but good to aspire to as who doesn't want even a fraction of that?
Basing beauty standards off someone who spreads their legs for a few notes is just pathetic.