Poll: 63% of men think women mainly wear makeup to trick people into thinking they're attractive

Makeup shamers, as beauty guru NikkieTutorials recently explained in a YouTube video, are those who try to make others feel guilty or inferior for enjoying cosmetics – they believe women wear makeup because they are too insecure not to or are just thirsty for the male gaze.

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New YouGov data suggests that makeup shaming may be just as prevalent as NikkieTutorials reports. The majority of US adults (55%) feel that women mainly wear makeup in order to trick people into thinking they’re more attractive – specifically, 63% of men feel this way. Similarly, 43% of Americans agree that women wear too much makeup.

In contrast, despite internet claims that beards may act similarly to makeup, only a third of individuals (36%) think that men mainly grow beards in order to hide facial imperfections likes acne or a weak chin.

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