Cosmetics should be banned, says Baroness
06-Feb-2009
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“In an interview with the BBC, prominent Muslim feminist Baroness Haleh Afshar has suggested abolishing cosmetics because they perpetuate a myth of eternal youth.
Invited to propose ‘a radical idea to make the world a better place’, Afshar said beauty products should be banned because they do not allow women to grow old and are peddled on the lie that women are supposed to stay young and pretty forever.
The Professor of Politics and Women’s Studies at York University said make-up is also marketed on the idea that women are judged on appearance and therefore reduces them to the length of their eyelashes.
“Whether our eyebrows are plucked, whether we are white or pink enough, or if we’ve had a special operation to make our lips bigger or smaller – we are more than that,” added Afshar, who joined the House of Lords in 2007 as a cross-bench peer.” (cosmeticsdesign-europe.com)
Yes, we are more than just makeup and an outer appearance. However, banning cosmetics will not make everybody love each other any more. What matters is what comes out of our body not what we put on it. Love comes out of us, from the heart.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to take care of ourselves and wearing makeup that makes us look our best. True confidence and happiness comes from within and no amount of makeup or no makeup is going to change that. Plus, taking away someone’s freedom does not create love.
Lets all love and respect each other a little more from the heart.
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The argument that women are objectified is certainly valid. The argument that we can prevent that by not using cosmetics really isn’t.
Men spend nearly as much as we do to look good. It isn’t just a sexist thing.