Scarlett Johansson Says it Was ‘Socially Acceptable’ for Young Actresses to Be ‘Pulled Apart for How They Looked’ in the Early 2000s: ‘It Was Tough’

Beauty may not solely be a social construct but it plays a huge part and this is evident due to the constantly changing beauty standards in different cultures throughout history. Yes of course there is a correlation between health and beauty but it’s not that simple. Many of the beauty trends throughout time have nothing to do with health. Currently extreme skinniness has come back into fashion like the 90s, female celebs are getting skinnier and skinnier and that is not healthy at all. Women are supposed to have more body fat than men for a multitude of reasons yet when women are at a healthy weight nowadays they are seen as too big. And I’m not talking about the celebs on the extreme end that are being criticised for being too skinny such as Ariana Grande but just the average female celebs. Look at Margot Robbie, Emma stone, Anne Hathaway, Nicole Kidman etc. Also, how are cosmetic treatments such as buccal fat removal, lip filler, Botox etc. indicators of health? I’d argue that currently there is a trend of what I’d coin “sickness encoded glamour”