“Oops, forgot I was wearing red lipstick.”
Lipstick is a staple for most women, whether they’re going to work or out on a date. Women lick their lips, and gloss and paint them in order to attract sexual attention. Whether or not women are conscious of it, they wear lipstick to attract men…down there. I know I do. Red lipstick is a timeless accessory for any female. It’s bold, empowering and sexy.
If you were asked to think about women and make up, I bet lipstick would be the first thing that comes to their mind. Women, even at a young age, go for lipstick. They want to be like Mommy, so they smear lipstick all over their little faces and shuffle around in Mommy’s high heels. There is a photo of me — no more than four of five — smirking and striking a pose, hot pink lipstick all over the lower half of my face. I did want to be just like Mommy. I wanted to be beautiful and grown up. Today, at 22, I almost never leave the house without lipstick. Red is my favorite and my go-to, but I also dabble in shades of pink and hues of purple. Why do I wear lipstick? To feel empowered, to feel sexy, to feel beautiful and to feel like me. I always feel a little brighter, a littler prettier, a little more ready to take on the day with my lips painted.
Interestingly enough, historical female figures received scrutiny for wearing lipstick. Examples include Queen Elizabeth I (known, of course, as the Virgin Queen) and Catherine the Great of Russia. Ironically, both women wore makeup as a way to showcase their power and independence; yet, it only proved to give them reputations involving sex and scandal. Society (men, cough cough) really will slut-shame a woman for anything she does, whether it’s today or 500 years ago.
Why do women wear lipstick—to look attractive, to moisturize their lips, and to draw attention to their mouths. Of course, the aforementioned theory that women play up their lips with lipstick in an effort to draw attention to their labia, or vaginal lips. I’ve never intentionally put on lipstick with this correlation in mind, but I have worn and do wear lipstick to look and feel sexy in the hopes of attracting attention from the opposite sex. I guess the world makes sense again.
Vaginal lips are in proportion to the thickness of her facial lips. When aroused, a woman’s lips, breasts and genitals enlarge and become redder due to a rush of blood flow, which could explain why red lips are such a symbol for sex appeal: they mimic this quite pleasant side effect.
There is evidence that painted lips, crimson in particular, capture male attention. According to a study done at Manchester University, red lipstick draws heterosexual males’ attention. When shown photographs for ten seconds of women wearing various colors of lipstick, men spent 7.3 seconds looking at red lips, compared to 6.7 for pink and only 0.95 on eyes. Consciously or subconsciously, red lips attract men.
It is no wonder that facial lips parallel those of the vagina. These pairs of lips are not the only body parts that correlate to one another. There is a theory that cleavage mimics buttocks, which is an animal signal for sex. So, men think tits, ass, sex…shocker.
