"I think we should all be encouraged to look like our unique selves. There’s no single beauty ideal: There are many different looks and races around the world, and looking like yourself should be possible for everybody. The pressure to look like someone else—that’s not your problem. It’s the problem of the people who are putting that out there. Why do they place so much value on exterior qualities that would never apply to men?"

https://www.allure.com/story/gloria-steinem-aging-beauty-interview

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Gloria Steinem, 92, Thinks We've Made (Some) Progress Against Ageism

At 92, journalist and activist Gloria Steinem is still writing and still learning. And she still has plenty to say—except, perhaps, about beauty. Here, her thoughts—and deliberate silences—on aging, plastic surgery, and beauty standards.

Allure

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I agree, we all need to resist this, thankfully here we can be ourselves and are hopefully not under pressure to conform to any particular norm other than ourselves ( if that makes sense) .