nostr:npub10tatyrd9pk4dwem62mev9ark2kzw7pywp2veujfaheejmnq9r0dqyksw7k it kind of depends on which wave of feminism you were bottled up on. the predominant kind in Norway for much of the post-war era was very no-nature-all-nurture. nowadays, it seems to be more like nature-and-nurture in about equal amounts, which of course makes it more difficult to conclude one way or another, in the classical Scandinavian tradition of not taking sides ever...

nostr:npub10tatyrd9pk4dwem62mev9ark2kzw7pywp2veujfaheejmnq9r0dqyksw7k with that said, on the topic of beauty ideals, the predominant view of the mainstream Norwegian media, which is largely social-liberal, is that this is an attitude problem - something that can be fixed.

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nostr:npub1cuscsrz6efq99ptktk26x58v4yqy9y46ytp8xw4rjjwq0wlt6znst66789 I'm reminded of the modern use of the term "normalise". It used to mean bringing something into a normal state. But these days it is used in the sense of creating "a new normal".

I am of the opinion you can't do that. And you shouldn't. Beauty standards are not generated by media or the patriarchy. They are sometime abused and exploited by those things, yes. But you can't just change the standard to fix that problem.