• Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    27
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    10 months ago

    Dude’s probably living in the west, enjoying what the west have to offer, and never look at the middle east 💀

      • sigmaklimgrindset
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        13
        ·
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        It’s called kohl, and it’s been around as eye protection from the sunrays and bacterial infections for a long time. Nowadays it’s kind of a cultural holdover more than anything for both men and women in Middle Eastern and North African countries.

        • Lemmington Bunnie@aussie.zone
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          10 months ago

          Good to know that when I’m doing my raccoon eyes, I’m getting an additional layer of protection from the sun!

          I always just assumed those cultures, along with Captain Jack Sparrow, just did it because it looks cool.

          The more you know! 🌈🌟

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          10 months ago

          Oooh, ok. That’s interesting, I’ve noticed it for years on other people and always wondered. So is it actually touching the eye, then?

          • sigmaklimgrindset
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            10 months ago

            It honestly depends on the person and culture.

            Like if you look at Ancient Egyptian or Mesopotamian art, they are depicted with it around their eyes (like eyeshadow + concealer today). Greeks probably wore it more like eyeliner, if we go by amphora depictions.

            Modern day you have people wearing it just as a thin line around both eyelash lines, or on the waterline (the inside part of your eyelash line that touches your eyeball). Some people just do the outer corner of the eye, some draw dots on the eyelid. A lot of these techniques may have had cultural/tribal importance too that have been lost to time, but the aesthetic remains.

            I don’t know how people do it the waterline though, my eyes tear up just thinking about it.

            • Jax@sh.itjust.works
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              10 months ago

              You’ve helped detail what I thought was just a trend in makeup, thank you. I haven’t ever put makeup on myself, outside of a few plays when I was a kid/teenager, so I’m right there with you.

              Do you happen to know what it’s typically made of? I’m reading it’s traditionally made by grinding up stibnite into a powder, but I’m also wondering if that’s true because stibnite is supposed to be toxic. I would imagine it would be bad to put on your eyes like that, no?

              • sigmaklimgrindset
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                1
                ·
                10 months ago

                Stibnite is the traditional ingredient, but I’m not sure if that’s used nowadays (at least I hope not!) I know in rural communities homemade kohl can have a charcoal base. But I think most are just using store bought stuff which (hopefully) adhere to product safety standards!

        • Jax@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          10 months ago

          But those are just dark eyelashes, I’m talking about the solid black line sitting on their lower lids.

  • gearheart@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    10 months ago

    Hope someone has realized this… But the fact that there is a comparison of middle east women’s rights with United States women’s rights is extremely concerning.

  • HopeOfTheGunblade@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    10 months ago

    IDK man I get to choose not to black bag myself for easy government rendition, at least for now. Can women living under men implementing Islam say the same?

    (Of course not, they don’t get to talk outside the home, silly!)