Do women wear makeup due b/c society pressure or they like to?

Question

I am just wondering why women wear makeup: is it due to pressure from society, or the way they have been raised or simply that they like to.

As a crossdresser, I love wearing makeup, b/c it just makes me feel a little bit more confident, yet b/c I am also a "man" I cant wear a red lipstick and walk outside, b/c I am considered wierd.

Answer 1

Well if you read your history books men wore makeup long before women did.

In some cultures the men were expected to look prettier then women....

Who was the first to make make up.....men.

Who were the first to buy make up .....men if not for themselves for there wife

Society dictates to little girls to look like barbi, or the fashion models who look like sticks with no figures.  

I seen a commercial about a natural soap and how they are trying to teach little girls to love themselves for them, this is bs, just wait till the little girl gets truly introduced into society......

I have none plenty of men who wore make up, heck they look better then some of these women who cake it on......make up is only bad when a person has to rely on it for there self esteem.  

Answer 2

Most of my female friends dont wear makeup unless were going to a huge party or something, even then they sometimes dont.

I actually have a guy friend who used coverup in high school. He had BAAAD acne.

Answer 3

i dont wear make up, if you want to wear make up go ahead,

Answer 4

I wear make up because I like it. It makes me look better and gives me more confidence.

Some of my friends hardly wear any and that is okay but if you like it, I say wear it

Answer 5

Both. One is caused by the other. I don't.

Answer 6

Not really society but its more like the makeup companies who pay celebrities to endorse their products in movies tv and magazines

dont believe me watch a beauty product ad on tv they always start off with saying "does your skin feel aged worn out then try this product it will make your skin look 5 years younger"

Answer 7

Personally I wear make up because I enjoy enhancing my features, bringing out the green in my eyes etc.

I don't feel much pressure to wear make up. No one looks askance at me if I go out without it.

Answer 8

It makes me feel more confident. I have acne and an uneven skin tone. I mean, I know people won't care, but I do. I just don't feel pretty without it.

I know that's terrible, but I feel society pressures that, too. I should go against pressures, but sometimes people can be mean.  

Answer 9

Yeah I wear make-up because of self-esteem issues. I believe make-up covers up flaws. Others believe it accentuates your flaws. Then again I only wear eyeliner && mascara, but I love makeup. I also wear it in order to try new things and find out what looks good on me, combined, and stuff like that.

Answer 10

I never wear makeup, and I can care less about society's "Rules" for Looking good.  

Answer 11

I'm gonna get a grand load of thumbs down for this, but regardless to popular belief, this is what makes logical sense to me.

Women wear make up, and dress revealingly, to get attention. Thats it. Here's how it works: a girl puts on makeup in order for people to compliment her on how pretty she is. These compliments make her feel good. Now she's "Confident" that when she steps out in public, people are going to think she looks attractive, which gives her confidence.

So no, they don't do it just because it makes her feel confident. The core reason is because they want people to acknowledge how pretty they are so they can feel good off of other peoples opinions about them. Confidence is a secondary effect. And it's not because society pressures women to do it. It is because of simple vanity, thats it. Otherwise, they wouldn't choose to do it.

Let the thumbs down poor.

Answer 12

I like to were makeup because it makes me feel feminine.  The color on my face lights up my eyes.  I have had jobs where I HAD to were makeup because it was required of me.  I do not feel the pressure form society to do anything...

If wearing make up makes you feel good, then so be it.  I live near San Francisco and I am very open, and I believe you have the right to do as you see fit to yourself.  I don't know where you live, but I hope you have such freedom to express yourself.  Go ahead, were that red lipstick, the h**l with them that say you can't...

Answer 13

I'm a female and I wear make-up because I express myself through it. If society pressured me to, I would stop because I don't like to fit in. I think that some women do it to 'impress people' but not me. I wear it because I think that my clothes and make-up make a statement. And i respect the women that don't wear it.  

Answer 14

it has nothing to do with society for me ..IT'S JUST FUN! Eye make up makes me eyes look bigger or sexier, lip stick makes them shiny and it's just fun to play around with different colors...because sometimes make-up gives you a different attitude, like when your going out you feel more fun and flirty. I don't always wear make-up.. i never do to work, or feel the need to! I like to look simple and "plain jane" sometimes. It's like why people cut, highlight, perm there hair or go tanning...just makes you feel better!!!!!! If you FEEL BETTER WEARING MAKE-UP...THEN GO FOR IT! YES, PEOPLE MIGHT LOOK AT YOU SILLY...WHO CARES. ALL THAT MATTERS IS HOW YOU FEEL...People "in general" are always looking at people and judging, it's when your insecure about something that you notice it! so do what makes you happy...lifes too short not to feel 100% about yourself!

Answer 15

DEFINITELY it is due to society's pressure!!! I never wore any makeup until I was in high school and then it wasn't cool...and in college I didn't wear any makeup because I took science and math classes and there were hardly any girls there. And in the workplace I rarely wear makeup because I try to avoid the girls there.

What I wonder is why cross dressing males always want to look like caricatures of females instead of like most regular women. Most of us women dailly wear pants and shirts or Tshirts and usually no eye makeup or loud lipstick.

Answer 16

I wear makeup because it makes me look better and I enjoy the new colors and different choices I have.  

Answer 17

I wear make-up because its fun, I dont do it for anyone but myself.