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| THE BIG IDEA 60 seconds to change the world Can a simple idea help make the world a better place? Each week we ask a guest to outline an idea to improve all our lives. Here, Baroness Haleh Afshar suggests banning make-up. | |
| We should get rid of all beauty products in this world because it seems to me they are a myth, which we haven't explored. FROM BBC WORLD SERVICE More from The ForumDownload the 60 Second Podcast | We should get rid of all beauty products in this world because it seems to me they are a myth, which we haven't explored. FROM BBC WORLD SERVICE More from The ForumDownload the 60 Second Podcast |
| The whole idea that people, in particular woman, are judged by what they look like seems counter productive because it reduces us to the length of our eye lashes. | The whole idea that people, in particular woman, are judged by what they look like seems counter productive because it reduces us to the length of our eye lashes. |
| Whether our eyebrows are plucked, whether we are white or pink enough, or if we've had a special operation to make our lips bigger or smaller. | Whether our eyebrows are plucked, whether we are white or pink enough, or if we've had a special operation to make our lips bigger or smaller. |
| We are more than that. | We are more than that. |
| It doesn't allow us to grow old because woman are supposed to stay young and pretty forever. | It doesn't allow us to grow old because woman are supposed to stay young and pretty forever. |
| In fact beauty products of all kinds can fail us again and again and don't seem to result in any kind of change. | In fact beauty products of all kinds can fail us again and again and don't seem to result in any kind of change. |
| These are experiments that we do everyday and yet we still believe in them. It's a problem. | These are experiments that we do everyday and yet we still believe in them. It's a problem. |
| Baroness Haleh Afshar is Professor of Politics and Women's Studies at York University | Baroness Haleh Afshar is Professor of Politics and Women's Studies at York University |
| Add your comments on this story, using the form below. | Add your comments on this story, using the form below. |