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<p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Women who let their hair go grey naturally are viewed as more incompetent than women who dye their hair, researchers have found. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>A survey of 80 members of Facebook groups where women embrace their grey hair revealed a ‘conflict’ between the authentic aesthetic and being seen as competent.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The women making the transition say people, including family and friends, often shamed them and accused them of ‘letting themselves go’.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>But the women also received support and 신사역 피부과 a sense of sisterhood from the Facebook groups. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Researchers say the study exposes the ‘impossible’ beauty standards women are held to, which only become more unattainable with age.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold”>Scroll down for video </p><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>Older women who let their hair go grey naturally are viewed as more incompetent than women who dye their hair, researchers have found (stock)</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’We are all constrained by society’s norms and expectations when it comes to appearance, but expectations are more rigorous for women – especially older women,’ said lead author and PhD candidate Vanessa Cecil of the University of Exeter.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’The “old woman” is an undesirable character in Western societies, 닥터스피부과 being seen as incompetent or unpleasant – if she is seen at all.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’In our study, we wanted to understand why some women choose natural grey hair.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’In the face of impossible standards to be natural and remain youthful forever, these women are doing what they can to retain status.</p><div><div data-track-module=”am-related_carousel^related_carousel” data-track-selector=”.rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])” data-dm-rotator-rotate=”false” data-track-pos=”static” data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” data-dm-rotator-auto-init=”” id=”p-22″ class=”related-carousel with-fb-or-tw sciencetech” data-dm-rotator-active-class=”active” data-dm-rotator-page-count=”1.0″ data-dm-social-article-auto-init=”” data-dm-rotator-page-size=”1″> <div class=”rotator bdrcc”> <div class=”rotator-title”> <h2>RELATED ARTICLES</h2> <ul class=”rotator-pages link-xocc”> <li class=”rotator-prev”>Previous
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</div></div> </div><div class=”artSplitter mol-img-group” style=”style”> <div class=”mol-img”> <div class=”image-wrap”> </div> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p class=”imageCaption”>A survey of 80 members of Facebook groups where women embrace their grey hair revealed a ‘conflict’ between the authentic aesthetic and 신사역 피부과 being seen as competent (stock)</p></div><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Although many reported negative consequences such as being ignored or treated as less competent, they also felt happier to be ‘flying my natural flag’.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’We also found that women chose to compensate for going grey by using other beauty practices – so embracing grey isn’t the same as embracing looking old.</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>’Grey-haired and 신사역 피부과 youthfully glamorous is one thing, but in Western societies it’s still not OK to look old.'</p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Women wanting to embrace their grey hair say the change was made easier when supported by their loved ones. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>Ms Cecil says that many women have been accepting their silver locks for a while, but the Covidid-19 pandemic has given extra momentum to the movement. </p><p class=”mol-para-with-font”>The study is published in the . </p><div class=”art-ins mol-factbox sciencetech” data-version=”2″ id=”mol-1f87adb0-9b95-11eb-9930-f3d1fd014f82″ website with grey hair are seen as less COMPETENT, study warns
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