anderson@ittvax.UUCP (Scott Anderson) (08/17/84)
> From: ittvax!decvax!mcnc!duke!phs!sam > > If, as Scott Anderson claims, makeup is: > 1. part of the business/professional dress code > 2. fun to use > 3. a tool for improving one's appearance and thus one's self-confidence > I think the obvious question is: > WHY DON'T MORE MEN WEAR MAKEUP ??????? Cuz no one never show'd us how??? You won't buy that, hunh? Okay. 1. Makeup may be part of the dress code for women, but it's not for men. See discussion in #3. 2. It may be lotsa fun; I don't know. I'll bet Jeff Sargent has an opinion, since he does theatre. It's GOTTA be more fun than lifting weights, which men have done for #3. 3. Improving one's appearance means that MOST, OTHER people think you look better that way. For women, this is so, although they run the risk that some men and women will think them ugly, vain, shallow, and defective for wearing makeup. For men, the odds are reversed: some men and women will think he looks better, but most will think the man vain, stupid, gay, weird, you-name-it. People are used to seeing women made-up, so they do not think it strange. They DO think it strange to see a man made-up. Few people like to be thought strange. Therefore, men don't wear makeup. The same argument does not hold for women. Now, one followup question is: is it useful to lay the foundation so that men can feel free to use makeup, or are we men (and our skin) better off without it? What about the "fun" of facial art? Are we being denied our right to autograffiti ?!?! What about being able to coverup those little mistakes on that mask we wear, with another layer of mask? I see a mistake reflected in this CRT screen.... Maybe we should organize National Men's Makeup Day, and dress (so to speak) for the occasion? Think how much prettier the world would be! Time to stop, I'm losing control. Scott D. Anderson decvax!ittvax!anderson 203-375-0200 X 451
aeq@pucc-h (Jeff Sargent) (08/30/84)
Scott Anderson mentioned a while back that I might have an opinion as to
whether wearing makeup is fun (since I've acted in numerous stage productions).
I could mention that a number of my makeup jobs have been the sort that would
not be worn on the street, since they were to age me (in a show last spring,
I played a 70-year-old; the director looked at me in costume and makeup and
said, "You'll look good when you get old!").
But back to the point. While wearing makeup is fun as a novelty, it's still
a pain in the rear; even the short runs (~9 performances) of Lafayette Civic
Theatre shows are enough to get one tired of making up, and even more so of
using messy cold cream or some such to remove the stuff. Those people (by
far the majority women) who wear makeup every day do not have it easy.
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