On Touching Your Face Being a Feminist Issue

[danieldwilliam]

I've seen a couple of my friends comment on the difficulty of not touching their face.

I was thinking of ways to help people not do that - putting your hands in your pockets sprung to mind.

Then I was thinking of things you could do to mitigate the risks of touching your face - periodically giving your face a wipe with an alcohol infused wipe.

Then it occured to me that women's clothing often doesn't have pockets and women often wear make-up which makes scrubbing their face every couple of hours problematic.

Touching your face turns out to be a feminist issue.

Comments

[alithea]

It's funny but wearing makeup is what makes me want to touch my face, probably because I wear it so infrequently.

[cmcmck]

Same here but I also obsess over hair and earrings!