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Yes and no. Many women do reinforce the stupid pressure as well as piggish men. There shouldn't be a need to spend anything above and beyond normal hygiene and self-care, IMO, and there are many products that do not suffer the "pink tax", etc, that improve someone's looks. So, it IS a touch self-imposed if you're constantly paying that "pink tax". (same goes for the absolute dumbasses that buy the DUDE wipes over normal freaking wet wipes)
For an extreme example in a similar vein, see JoJo Siwa reinforcing child star abuse (or how ever her shitass name is spelled). She went through the same shit, but because she came out on top, she denies it's bad. Same goes for a lot of "pretty" women.
Turns out many humans are morons in general and easily manipulated into paying more than they should or dealing with shit they shouldn't.
You said „yes and no“, but I can’t find the „no“ in your reply. What you describe, summarises what I wanted to point out with this meme. I also wanted to call out people who make fun of women who are not in a situation to go against this system. I think it’s ok though to mock people who profited from the system and are now saying „There’s nothing wrong!“
The "no" part is that it is generally possible to have excellent hygiene and makeup without paying for the crazy expensive brands and things. There are of course still quite a few products (like the DUDE wipes) that leverage the perspectives of fools to pocket some extra money. Although there are often plenty of cheaper options with similar quality, if not better.
It shouldn't require extra effort to find the quality that doesn't include such things as the "pink tax", but such is capitalism: If the price can rise, the price will rise. Probably in step with some advertising campaign to try and convince you this product is toootally worth the markup, promise!