As a woman what’s a social pressure you constantly feel? Whether it’s from co-workers, friends, or family?

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1. On a societal level: Being skinny and wearing makeup.

2. I feel pressure to be attractive to the point of perfection.

   I’ve been dealt a pretty good hand. I have been described as conventionally attractive and generally have good traits. But my skin has never been perfect; I’ve always struggled with acne. Because of this one thing, I feel like I’m ugly and I need to solve it. I feel like I need to be perfect in order to be beautiful.

   I feel this pressure mostly from the internet. There are so many ads for things that you should buy to combat your bad traits. It’s hard not to internalize it.

3. Children

4. I got pressured for over a decade about my choice not to have children. They refused to believe it because “all women want children” and all that jazz.