Tik Tok’s Toxic Beauty Standard
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- čas přidán 4. 03. 2023
- Tik Tok offers a ton of content that we watch daily. We come across a never-ending supply of videos that shape how we perceive beauty through scrolling on our for you page. Just what is beauty? And In terms of the beauty standard, what impact does Tik Tok have?
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I find myself actually hoping the US govt bans tiktok! it's absolutely terrible for children, women, and really everyone! it's designed to make us crazy!
I think its humanity who need to learn and accept themselves the way they are. There are so many people who are followers in this world. Even when I know that leaders are born and not made, people need to learn to accept their human selves. It's like humanity hates to be human. The root of the problem is not tik tok or any social media. Sweeping the problems under the rug won't fix the problem; it will only make it bigger. Also, there are people that feel superior to others and they want to be that mirror in which people want to see themselves because the majority of us humans, don't like natural human characteristic, even if they are perfectly fine, they have to fix what doesn't need to be fix.
Getting rid of tik tok won’t solve the issues with body trends and beauty standards. They existed way before tik tok.
Banning tiktok was the only good idea Trump had, and he couldn't even accomplish that 😞
@@Manyo569 yes thank you for that astute observation I realize that, but that doesn't change the fact that tiktok is absolute garbage for humanity's mental health.
@@megsley if we’re not talking about beauty standards and just an app I’m general,Twitter is WAY worse. Tik tok is rather tame because you can choose what shows up on your algorithm.
Aging is a privilege to be grateful for. Many many many wonderful people will unfortunately never get to that point in life. Embrace the beauty of a full life.
but why not look hot while doing it? if a person wants to do skin care or procedures to look young, then that's cool.
What I really hate about beauty standards is that at the end of the day it’s all about catering to men.
Agreed
That's horrible 😢
Beauty is such a trend, remember that. One time being skinny as a stick is the thing but then being curvy is the thing. One time thin eyebrow is pretty then having thick eyebrow is desired. The problem with beauty standards is whose standards we are using? Woman should realize that the only standard they need is their own face. Our own face is the beauty standard, doesn't matter what other thinks.
My dermatologist was recently telling me how “preventative botox” is a “scam” and doesn’t actually do anything to prevent aging. Also important to note that I go to a dermatology med spa, where they make most of their money off cosmetic procedures, so you’d think they’d have an incentive to try and sell me on a procedure I didn’t need. That made me feel really confident in her opinion.
What's your dermatologist recommend to you? I'm glad that there is any dermatologist that care about integrity than bussiness itself
Botox dissolves after 6 months minimum and these 18-20 something year olds collagen production which is what keeps our skin plump and youthful is at its peak so Botox doesn’t do anything at all I agree with your derm they would have to keep going in every 6ish months to get it refilled
@@doreimina Exactly. They’re already so young so they don’t need Botox. They have more than enough collagen to hold their face together.
i always compare myself on tiktok so i ended up deleting it:( Great video!
I’m glad you came to that decision! It’s such a toxic space sometimes, thank you for the support 🫶🏼
I think all these new looks are creepy, alien like and boring…everyone looking the same. I’m fortunate to be 48 and although not totally immune to having my self esteem rattled I don’t pay much attention to it. I love taking care of myself and looking”pretty” but there’s so much more to life and living than the way you look. The only thing we take with us at the end of this life is our spirit so work on that!
This is why i deleted tiktok. Full with toxic stuff, and it fed my depression and insecurity. Never been happier
I stopped using tiktok 2 years ago and it was the best decision I ever made 🎉
Same 🥰🥰🥰
Me too!
No one really talks about the privacy issues regarding the app in the first place, but this is basically a combination of CZcams and old school advertisements rolled into one. I am 30 and lived through all "forms" of beauty standard advertisements and Tik Tok is just combining it all
It's so toxic... It was bad enough with movies... Music videos, porn, now tiktok that now anyone who is average, is basically considered ugly...
I remember seeing people from TikTok crying about how their faces isn’t symmetrical after using a TikTok filter that supposedly showed how symmetrical your face is. When I first heard about that , I was shocked. I remember learning that no face is perfectly symmetrical when I was 14 so when I saw other people CRYING over something that YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE…I was flabbergasted 😭
I could talk for hours about how obsessed TikTok is with labels. They make everything a category and everybody needs to fit into one. It's the same again with the "okok" and "lala" girls. It's all fun and games until you really look at it and how it can mess with people's perception of themselves.
Yes! The new “Deer pretty” “Fox pretty” or “Bunny pretty” 😭😭 Might make a separate video on that topic 😉
I was really into goth fashion at the start of instagram and as the app rose, it started to make me feel insecure with the fashion, myself in it, and the social scene around. I know its a niche example but I can only imagine what Tik Tok is doing on the mainstream popular beauty front.
So true the so called tiktok fashion is so cheap like where is the uniqueness everybody wears the same thing over and over. Its so repetitive and if you dont dress up the tiktok way ur just cheap and ugly.
Its exhausting to see the same thing every time i hope tiktok is banned all over the world
Most (not all, tho) of them are pretty becaude they are f RICH. Man they can afford to modify their insecurities
I do wonder whats the financial situation of all those exceptionally pretty tik tok influencers. Because remember, youre not ugly, youre just broke.
@@popnaty8685 ikr. and take note, some of them have generational wealth so like, they are exposed to privilege
@@krizhnavalencia The majority are white so its not surprising. Either trust fund babies, or lawyer/doctor parents. All the money in the world to upkeep themselves to the most insane standards while being praised for just existing and being pretty lol. I wish people would stop praising narcissists and people who just happen to be rich and pretty.
Exactly! I agree to all of that and especially the annoying women flexing their body 🙄
" I'm so thin I'm better than you "
This needs to go viral! Somebody addressing this was so needed (also deleted tiktok because of that, eventhough im a guy)
In my late 30s here. Glad I've never gotten into or on TikTok. Social media doesn't just impact young people. I ended up just blocking/u following unrealistic social media pages, fitness pages and diet pages. Helped a lot! I don't need to see fake crap on a day to day
so i have a story. its not about tiktok, but its about feeling bad for having your body shape. my ex bestfriend, lets call her Jane, had the best genes. slim waist, big boobs, thick thighs and hips, super flat stomach, and a leg gap. I always got so frustrated and jealous ( I still do) about how my body isnt like hers, and i still dont have an hourglass body shape, or a flat stomach, even though I always drank water, never ate junk food, and worked out. she made fun of me and even complained about how she wishes she had smaller lips, or a bigger stomach.
Oh hun. I'm so sorry you're having body issues. I just try to remember, we all use to be monkeys lol. Monkeys all have different bodies, but they dont think anything is wrong with themselves because they don't have beauty standards. It's totally a societal thing, beauty standards come and go so it's better to completely ignore them. I understand it's way easier said than done though
@@holofy Thank you
She's just a wanna be and im sorry you had to go through this i know its not easy to accept yourself even i haven't but when people throw such comments at you remember they're waaaay more insecured than you are nobody is ever happy with what they have so fuck them and do what makes you happy 💕
cackles in india banned tiktok and thank goodness they did
i'm so glad they did too!! but these videos also show up on my feed on Instagram...so not that great
@@icedcoffeeeeee honestly, you've got a point
Does anyone feel like stabbing your own face because of the ugliness?
Yesss
what a shame what tictok has done to us really
I'm honestly grateful to avoid all of that. I barely scroll tru insta stuff or mostly ignore these and I feel great with myself, idk wtf is today's beauty standard and what tomorrow will be neither.
Looking at these just gives me pity about these people, they spread that awful narcissistic aura and it grosses me out.
I feel even more pity for the people looking at these girls and shaming themselves for not looking like.. "that".
I hope these people will one day get out of this dark hole of social media and love just the way they are. Because every human is beautiful in their own way and every bodies has unique shapes and textures that really make all of us special. Please don't pressure yourself and your body health. These poor fake ass curves and beauty trends aren't worth it
I find it so wierd how we made somthing so natural and normal disliked and almost feared. Aging is normal. Its natural. Working against it isn’t. It makes me more angry how woman are the ones selling it to other woman. “Age backwards” no thank you I’d rather look 30 when I’m 30 then 12 just to please the male gaze and feel valid in todays society. There’s so much more to worry about then if I’ve gotten a wrinkle on my ass or forehead.
being able to age is lucky some dont get to
1:05 I have such thin wrists like this and i get laughed at for it. I get called a stick or stick arms or even weak. I don't get why anyone would ever want such wrist..
i love your channel its so underrated!
Thank you! 🫶🏼
I’ve never been so happy to have not hopped on a trend. When the app first came out something told me to leave it alone.
Underrateed channel!
I usually take break from TikTok for a or two you could actually go crazy with that kind of pressure
great video!!
Thank you!!
Very well said, very well put together video (as well as your others)
Thank you!
i cant bring myself to delete tiktok but i turnt off my notifications and deleted the app from my home screen and i’ve been so much happier ever since
what about instagram?
Im addicted to tt 😢😢
thank u s2
It would be racist to say a woman has to have a certain feature to be beautiful. It would mean you don't like her features.
Nothing is impossible
I deleted it for that one reason
Tiktok is 2026 : hijacking plane challenge
Not me literally thinking I was the only who felt this way about tiktok
I was so on board with whatever you were saying until you mentioned, how are the trend are racist and fat phobic or what not. Women in every race can be insecure because of TikTok trends not just people of color it’s stupid. And this is coming from a person of color. It just worsens peoples victim mentality also just because a skinny person post. Something in a video that makes someone else insecure that is not their fault. Their body should not be a trigger to someone else because that’s a them problem.
I get what you're saying, but something racist can effect all people. Yes, every woman can get insecure from the expectation of small slim noses, but its also true that that standard is based off white features. Saying something is racist doesn't mean it can't effect anyone who isn't the race targeted, just that the ideas it is built on are targeting a race. Also, the issue she's talking about is not "skinny person" posts, its people pushing that their body is a standard of beauty, or even saying they aren't skinny enough. A body is not the trigger here, its the messages the posts perpetuate. The "what I eat in a day" posts are not bad because the person doing them is skinny, but because it tells women that they SHOULD and CAN look like that person. These posts are MADE to make people feel insecure. They are made to sell products and lifestyles that are most often not guaranteed to grant the body they want. It's not a them problem when that's the point of these videos. It's unhealthy at best and malicious at worst.
Its not a problem how they look, its a problem how they present themselves as if they are better than average people based by the standard of solely aesthetics alone, plus the ego and narcissism of these people are out of this world.
@@popnaty8685 its absolutely insane! I'm 30 and I remember when I first saw these tiktok videos shared on CZcams, since I do not have tiktok, people just staring into the camera zoomed in on their face, and wiggling back and forth...with zero point, I was blown away by the obvious pride and narcissism. Its literally people showing off how they look , doing "trends", to fish for compliments and jealousy from others. Its disgusting. If you're going to have a social media platform, actually do something. Have a talent, or knowledge about a topic. Something, anything worth sharing. Not staring into a fucking camera thinking you're the hottest shit on the planet lol. So creepy
@@alanamoogk348 Right! I am so over these type of people but society seems to reward them the most
Bahahahaha
-Being beautiful is racist
Yep we are here now folks, 21st century first world problem moments
Am I the only that finds surgery to be scary ? Do people to not the celebrities who had them and a decade later look like monsters? Absolutely not . I love that I can say I’m naturally beautiful. It’s a flex for me lol
Love ya bodies babes,don’t torture it with tiktok,stress,surgeries and obesity❤
That's why I delete TikTok 🫤 and my life gets better 💖