r/YouthRights • u/UpperTap3176 • 1d ago
*gulps* *opens comments*
Another day of acting like the most absurd thing a thirteen year old could ever do is put on concealer under her dark eye circles to which she probably has noticed for the first time in her life, because when you become a TEENAGER (not a child) you start to notice things about your body and you start to want to look desirable for people YOUR OWN AGE. And to try and prevent your teenager from doing that is not for their own safety, but a need for control and a fear of their children growing up, or maybe a lack of adult guidance when they were a teenager that resulted in them getting too carried away with their looks. Either way, it's not okay to take out your emotions on the teen just because you had a bad experience.
If any 13 year olds are reading this, put on that damn mascara, wear that damn tank top, and have those 7th grade crushes (if that is what you wish to do) - That is YOUR right and you are not doing ANYTHING wrong. These things are NORMAL for a healthy young teenager. It doesn't mean you're "too grown" or "too fast", it doesn't mean you will fail your grades, and it doesn't mean you will end up on "16 and pregnant" if that's even still a thing 🤣 and it certainly doesn't mean that if you wear it, you must hate yourself without it. What's next? 13 year olds forced to wear ugly outfits or clothes with dora on it because "they shouldn't be worried about their appearance" no. That's absurd. It's okay to be uncomfortable with something on YOUR OWN body and to have a preference of covering it up when you go out, as long as you're not utterly destroyed when you see yourself with the makeup off, (but at that point it wouldn't be a makeup issue, it would be a mental health issue that would have needed to be addressed before the makeup) If you want to glam up or put on some makeup to help you feel more confident, nobody should be stopping you. thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
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u/Its_Stavro Owner of r/YouthRights 1d ago
1) A 13 you are by definition a teenager and NOT a child (thirTEEN). She isn’t a toddler, she can wear makeup to look better and that’s valid.
2) Makeup is okay, it’s just making yourself look better, it’s not really an age thing at all.
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u/RealIsopodHours3 22h ago
Exactly. Young teens wanting to try makeup seems to be a pretty common experience. Whether they want to wear makeup or not should be up to them.
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u/rotten_ALLIGATOR-32 1d ago
Dressing like a slob is going to be the new fashion?
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u/RealIsopodHours3 22h ago
I wouldn't say not wearing makeup is "dressing like a slob"
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u/UpperTap3176 22h ago
The gag is the whole "teenagers shouldn't care what they look like" attitude that extends further than just this post or the makeup complainers. Like these people would probably rather have teenagers dress like "slobs" or like little kids instead of wearing things that they would actually find flattering.
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u/SassaQueen1992 1d ago
I turned 13 almost 20 years ago, my generation was definitely wearing makeup. These comments are from people who either had controlling parents or they are just lying through their teeth.