Social Appearance Norms

Irish Times : Men might have coined the term, but women invented ‘looksmaxxing’

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Framed as socially pressuring and exclusionary toward non-conforming bodies

[comprehensive_sourcing]: The invocation of Luna Dolezal’s 'social dys-appearance' and Foucault’s 'self-monitoring' frames societal beauty norms as coercive, pushing individuals to conform or face social marginalization.

“Dolezal describes “social dys-appearance”, a state where, instead of blending seamlessly into our experience, our bodies come to dominate our attention via the objectifying gaze of others.”