• Sacha@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Men who put in effort on their looks more than the bare minimum often get made fun of and compared women thanks to toxic masculinity.

    Sure there’s effort like good hair and beard. But if they try putting on makeup to cover up blemishes or brighten their face? They get called alot of nasty things and emasculated.

    If you look at men’s products for hair,it’ll be 5-in-1 products that don’t actually work but can pass because a lot of men are either bald or have short/thin hair. If you look at deodorants, they almost always have the same smell which is the same smell as the afformentioned 5-in-1. I hate this smell personally. I did find an oldspice scent I really liked and then when i looked up the comments, it was a bunch of these insecure men bitching about how a man’s product was so fruity and girly and for women/gay men. And I’m like… aren’t you trying to smell nice in order to appeal to women? Why is a scent that appeals to women a bad thing in that case???

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      11 months ago

      I have long hair and have always used and advocated for women’s products.

      Recently switched to what I’m sure is considered ladies deoderant because I like to at least smell pretty.

      Men’s products make me think of locker rooms in gyms and I don’t like those.

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      11 months ago

      If you look at men’s products for hair,it’ll be 5-in-1 products

      I hate this. Having hair and body wash in the same bottle doesn’t even save time