It’s 2017, but apparently being “ladylike” is still something we should be shamed into, according to mansplainers everywhere. This week, a woman in the UK was apparently a little late to getting up and out for the morning and decided to finish up her makeup on the train, only to be scolded by the man next to her for doing her makeup in public. What happened next gives us a little hope.
Bloke has just told the woman he’s with not to put makeup on on the Tube. Every other woman in the carriage is now fixing their makeup.
— rosamundi (@rosamundi) December 31, 2016
Apparently, the man’s comment was loud enough for several other women to hear, so they all promptly pulled out various makeup items and started touching up in a show of solidarity.
it’s OK to wear makeup as long as no 1 has 2 c u put it on.
— ❄ Iquey ❄ (@Iquey) December 31, 2016
I guess no matter how far we come, there will always be someone trying to tell you what to do. But you don’t have to let those people have the last word.
@gnome_alice we all just got our makeup mirrors out and doing stuff. I had a pressing need to fix my lipstick.
— rosamundi (@rosamundi) December 31, 2016
Life lesson: you never have to accept shaming and it’s even more fun to protest it. Solidarity, sisters!