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The feminine beauty ideal is a specific set of beauty standards regarding traits that are ingrained in women throughout their lives and from a young age to increase their perceived physical attractiveness. It is experienced by many women in the world, though the traits change over time and vary in country and culture. [1]
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This reflects the need for women to fit into the roles assigned to them—an unmarried woman was a dangerous woman, and moved outside the realm of perceived acceptability. Few records exist for any divide between common and elite women; rather, a universal standard of beauty applied to women of all classes, and with it a universal expectation.
Women used cosmetics widely in the private sphere, while only female slaves and singers tended to use them in public. Ointments, powders, and pastes were used as skin-lightening agents to comply with the era's beauty standards. Perfumed creams were also used on the face, as were sandalwood-based pastes to protect the skin from sunlight.
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Female Chinese beauty standards have become a well-known feature of Chinese culture.A 2018 survey conducted by the Great British Academy of Aesthetic Medicine concluded that Chinese beauty culture prioritizes an oval face shape, pointed, narrow chin, plump lips, well defined Cupid's bows, and obtuse jaw angle. [1]
It’s all about “natural beauty,” and tattoos directly conflict with what Korean women are expected to look like. “[Tattoos] are normally related to gang members, yakuza , things like that ...
Women may not always get the historical credit their male counterparts do, but as these women show, they were always there doing the work. With their fierce determination and refusal to back down, all of these 12 women were not just ahead of their own times, but responsible for shaping ours.