Time and time again I am reminded that our outlook on beauty—or should I say our perception of what should be deemed beauty—is forever dictated to and influenced by our environment, culture, history and social upbringing among other factors.
As a result of such contributing elements and the media’s ability to play up their favourite and profitable components, some groups and beauty standards get side eyed for not aligning with the majority. We should never be naïve to think such a thing doesn’t exist even if it is elegantly disguised as ‘suggested protocol’ or ‘the right way’.