Body modification
The idea of what is considered the ideal of beauty for women varies across different cultural ideals and … See more

Southeast Asian women
Dutch Indonesia
In the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia, the feminine beauty ideal created by white male colonists was for women to have a brown skin color with black hair. In the 1920s, an American See more

The feminine beauty ideal is portrayed in many children's fairy tales. It has been common in the Brothers Grimm fairy tales for physical … See more

Skin color contrast and cosmetics
Skin color contrast has been identified as a feminine beauty standard observed across multiple … See more

Body hair and facial hair have long been stigmatized in women across many cultures, which regard them as masculine attributes that are undesirable in the opposite sex. For … See more

Mass media is one of the most powerful tools for young girls and women to learn and also understand feminine beauty ideals. As mass … See more

Throughout the world, fashion and beauty-centred dolls such as Barbie dolls have made their way into the lives of many young girls, perpetuating unrealistic beauty standards from looking at the physique of the Barbie dolls to the lack of diversity in the … See more