How did it become common practice for women to wear make-up and not men?

[cody coyote]

I know men used to powder their face, wear rouge and lipstick, when they wore those white wigs. Why did they stop and why did it continue for women?

[xyzlmnop_tx]

In the early 1980s. This is when Kiss and Motley Crue removed their makeup for the last time.

[searchmembers]

it was a phase in the baroque period, but it was silly and frivolous so they stopped. women have always had high standards of beauty and need makeup to maintain that.

[TheSmartass]

During the industrial revolution, men were put to work in factories where make up was no longer such a good idea.

[sandras77]

women like to feel loved so it is there way to entice a man to their needs.

[bubbleslovepinky]

i guess women are more hideous looking than men.....lol j/k!!!!

[Kryptoph]

Its a cyclic thing. Men used to dress like peacocks, now they dont. Women were plainer dressers, now they r the brightly coloured ones. It will swing round again one day, if we last long enough.

[kat]

It is a common behavior for females to make themselves more attractive. This is true about animals too.

[eagerhaircut545]

Because in nature, males are always the prettier species. We women were jealous, and thought we'd just steal the show for the human race!

[Maryem]

because it looks scary on men and not women...lol