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Are you repelling men? Read this!

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1wokeuplikethis · 10/03/2018 11:52

www.fashionbeans.com/content/guys-admit-their-biggest-beauty-turnoffs-from-foundation-to-fake-tans

Hope the link works, this is showing up on my Facebook feed today.
As we have literally just 'celebrated' international women's day I for one am greatly relieved that we can just pat ourselves on the bottoms for a good job done and now go back to focusing on how to please men!

I particularly enjoyed the sage advice that of COURSE too much make up is a bad move because it prevents you from hugging a man as it might stain his shirt (that his wife or mummy probably washed and ironed).

On a more serious note, why the fuck is this even an article in this day and age? Does any woman really care what men find offputting? Do men's Facebook feeds have articles on what women find aesthetically disgusting in men?? Hmm....

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ChattyLion · 20/09/2018 22:35

I read this as ‘Are you repelling, men?’ And then wondered why FWR would be the place for a discussion between men about whether they were repellent or not. But still I clicked..Grin

Anyway. Clearly I was literally repelling men yesterday when a couple of blokes in a parked van were so concerned for my face that they took the trouble to shout out me to ‘cheer up’ as I was hurrying into work. Hmm

Yup, really lifted my spirits that did.

PencilsInSpace · 20/09/2018 21:20

I do my best

Mumminmum · 20/09/2018 21:12

Hmm ... one of my biggest turn offs is when a man assume that everything I do is done to get his or other men's attention.

Sethis · 20/09/2018 20:54

I'm a man. Aside from the obvious stupidity of the article title, concept and execution in general:

"The richest pigments and densest colour payoffs makes for the perfect lip look in most girls’ books, but guys instantly imagine it smeared on their face and clothes, fearing a clown mouth themselves and a dry cleaning bill to boot."

Wrong.

Maybe you don’t feel confident going make-up free when you’ve got excess redness to contend with, or maybe the lure of the perfect #gymselfie is too tempting to go barefaced, but guys don’t grasp any of that—they just wonder why on earth you’re bothering to wear slap at the gym.

Wrong.

Try-Hard Hair
Sometimes a special hairdo can make you feel incredible, but often those complicated Pinterest hairstyles never work out when attempted without the aid of a pro – and it’s safe to say the guys won’t appreciate the effort that went into it

Wrong.

HotRocker · 20/09/2018 20:53

I am uniquely gifted in that I can repel both men and women. Animals love me though.

Juells · 20/09/2018 20:46

I've been repelling men since I turned 45.

AspieAndProud · 20/09/2018 20:29

I think if you could make Man Repellent there would be a market for it. Not everyone wants the attention.

IrenetheQuaint · 20/09/2018 20:27

I repel men naturally and have no need for any of these dubious artificial aids.

Squamous · 20/09/2018 20:24

I do repel men.

Thank goodness for that!

LonginesPrime · 10/03/2018 12:35

Ha, Tallulah Grin

TheChampagneGalop · 10/03/2018 12:17

TallulahGrin

TallulahWaitingInTheRain · 10/03/2018 12:10

While it's obviously vital for any female over the age of 10 to have an arsenal of techniques for repelling men, these ones all sound like much too much hassle.

Becauseimworthit79 · 10/03/2018 12:09

I think “what turns men on and off” type magazine articles have always been around. I remember one in Just 17 when I was at school showing a model with white stilletoes, fake tan, tons of makeup, short jeans etc as being off puttin. Then the same model with a short skirt, “natural makeup”; ironically acknowledging that you’d have to wear loads of make up, etc.

It seems things haven’t really changed.

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