Agree with the latter part, I don’t think beauty work is mainly about finding a heterosexual mate. I also agree that businesses don’t create the desire for beauty products/procedures as a category (although I think they strengthen it), but I do think they create demand for specific types of products/procedures, some of which are more har…
Agree with the latter part, I don’t think beauty work is mainly about finding a heterosexual mate. I also agree that businesses don’t create the desire for beauty products/procedures as a category (although I think they strengthen it), but I do think they create demand for specific types of products/procedures, some of which are more harmful and costly than others. No one was getting BBLs before the Kardashians made their body into a trend - but I think that’s consistent with your comment about foot binding etc.
Agree with the latter part, I don’t think beauty work is mainly about finding a heterosexual mate. I also agree that businesses don’t create the desire for beauty products/procedures as a category (although I think they strengthen it), but I do think they create demand for specific types of products/procedures, some of which are more harmful and costly than others. No one was getting BBLs before the Kardashians made their body into a trend - but I think that’s consistent with your comment about foot binding etc.