Why do we (still) wear make-up?

The Why Factor

• Episode: Why do we (still) wear make-up?
• Website: The Why Factor
• Feed URL: https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/p00xtky9.rss
• Duration: 00:23:26
• Published: 2019-08-26 14:57

In the 1970s, second wave feminists declared war on make-up - arguing it oppressed women, distracted them from gaining equality, and forced them to attain a beauty ideal not expected of men. And yet young women today wear more make-up than ever. Women have made gains in employment, education, sexual liberation, so why is it so many of us can’t leave the house without make-up? We explore the power and allure of mak-eup and why it works.

Presented and Produced by Gemma Newby Editor: Richard Knight

(Photo: Young woman vlogging about beauty products. Credit: Getty Images)