In this BONUS episode of the (G)LOWdown Emily and Caitlin, co-leads for the (G)LOWdown podcast, discuss the intricacies of women wearing makeup.  Why makeup can make us feel good, how society can subtly (or not so subtly) pressure women to look a certain way and why we need to stop telling people they look tired!

Show Highlights:

1:00 Should women be required to wear makeup to work?

4:35 “The Lipstick Effect”

8:50 Zoom’s touch up filter

15:15 The double standards set for us and that we set for others

28:15 Giving people the grace to be themselves

Resources:

Top Makeup Habits during Quarantine: Survey Results

Your Boss Should Not Be Asking You to Wear Makeup on Zoom

How Makeup Works

An Initial Test of the Cosmetics Dehumanization Hypothesis: Heavy Makeup Diminishes Attributions of Humanness-Related Traits to Women

Women Who Wear This to Work are Deemed More Competent — But They're Also Judged 

Being a Woman in the Workplace Means Getting Pressured to Wear Makeup on the Job

The inescapable pressure of being a woman on Zoom

We hope you have enjoyed this episode of The (G)LOWdown, and thank you for joining us in cultivating the future of women in leadership.    

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Don’t forget to join us next month and until then, keep your GLOW on.