Russians talked about the impact of appearance on their careers and daily lives

Russians have different opinions about the impact of appearance on their careers and daily lives. So, among the respondents, only 20% consider professionalism to be the main factor of career success, without associating it with appearance. At the same time, only 8% of men and 4% of women called the idea of the connection between appearance and career growth an outdated stereotype, according to the results of a study on the Avito Services platform, which was reviewed by Izvestia on March 28.

At the same time, more than half of Russians (56%) aged 21 to 55 believe that appearance reflects the status of a man: a successful person should be clean-shaven and neatly trimmed. Another 22% are of the opinion that such requirements are relevant, but only for office staff, and in other cases, appearance is not an indicator of status.

"Every third woman surveyed (34%) admitted that she feels "obligated" to look good, even going out to the store. Moreover, this feeling increases with age: if 23% of 18-24—year—old girls experience discomfort without makeup, then 33% of 35-44-year-old women already have it, and 46% after 55 years," the experts noted.

At the same time, 71% of Russians admitted that they periodically feel pressure from society to meet "beauty standards," and 21% of them strongly depend on the opinions of others about their appearance and figure. Among men, this figure is lower — 17%. At the same time, 38% of the stronger sex said that they do not depend on public opinion, while 29% of women adhere to this position.

When asked if a woman should do makeup, manicure and styling to look attractive, only 19% of men replied that they prefer natural beauty. Another 24% believe that every woman should decide for herself what to look like.

The trend for men's self-care, when in addition to shower gel and shampoo, the beauty routine includes creams, lip balms and other cosmetics, was supported by only 24% of men. At the same time, 22% of respondents consider such funds superfluous.

Earlier, on January 23, Viktor Nurdaev, a psychiatrist at the Sberbank Health medical company, told Izvestia about dysmorphophobia. It can be indicated by cases when a person begins to constantly focus on his appearance, tries to fix something, for example, with cosmetic procedures or surgical operations, but still remains dissatisfied with himself.