"When Princess Kate dyed her hair blonde online commentators went wild: from "wig" to "dishwater blonde" and even speculating about her gray hair. The fact that Kate survived cancer just a year ago almost got lost in the commotion. Annalena Baerbock was not spared either. A short Instagram video shows the former German foreign minister, who took office as president of the UN General Assembly this week, hailing a taxi in New York wearing jeans, a jacket and high heels."
""Women experience far more aggressive hostility, body-centering, and shaming on social media than men," she tells DW. Lunenborg sees an interplay between the high degree of public attention to women's bodies and the resulting trend of self-optimization pushing more and more women to pursue surgical procedures. "Being constantly observed online leads to massive visual optimization, meaning ever greater changes and alterations to bodies.""
Online commentary frequently fixates on women's appearances, often overshadowing personal struggles and professional roles. High-profile examples show critics attacking a royal's hair, mocking a politician's casual attire, and obsessing over a singer's body. Women encounter disproportionately aggressive hostility, body-centering, and shaming on social media compared with men. Intense visual scrutiny drives many toward self-optimization and surgical procedures. Constant observation online encourages escalating alterations to bodies. Appearance-based evaluation begins early in life, with girls praised for looks, and continues to frame women in public roles as defined first by their appearance rather than their achievements.
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