Women Shared The Most Frustrating Parts About Today’s Beauty Standards, And They’re Valid

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“For context: I’m a Black woman, and I’m sick of the Eurocentric hair standards being seen as the gold standard that everyone must adhere to. The idea that hair must be long and straight to be considered beautiful and good is harmful. I was bullied growing up for having naturally short hair. It took me until my 20s to finally be okay with my texture and length. And even now, a common go-to insult is to call someone (especially a woman) bald if they have short hair, as if having naturally chin-length hair is a terrible thing.”

“I didn’t have a problem with my hair until other people turned my hair into a problem. People just can’t accept that hair length is largely determined by genetics and will tell you that you just need to buy XYZ product and do this ABC technique, and then you’ll have hair down to your butt. But then it doesn’t work because that’s just not how it is, and then they’ll tell you to buy another product. All it does is breed insecurity and self-hatred about something we have little control over, and creates an unrealistic standard.”

—justchillman