Morgana O'Reilly
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
However, that might mean this is woo-woo.
This is whatever you want it to be.
But it's a nice way for me to, like, unpack it.
If I was to get Botox and –
to erase lines, do what you want, but maybe doing that is a type of conforming to a social beauty standard of wanting you to look younger.
Also wanting a woman to maybe look like she's not concentrating.
Or thinking enough?
I don't know.
I just find these lines are so kind of gorge on men.
And if we're thinking about them subconsciously, they add to the idea of authority, intelligence and leadership.
And maybe, and if that's the case, why are we taking our ones away?
What are we trying to look like we're not doing?
Not thinking.
Not thinking.
Not being leaders.
Not being concerned.
Maybe.
So maybe trying to cover it, we're going to conform.
But in saying that then adornment is that has crossed cultural paths, that has crossed gender lines, that has crossed demographics and has existed globally for millennia.
We love to dress up.