Mens grooming habits are rising a practice of care for some, and a pressure for others; notice intention before investment.
From Men Are Embracing Beauty Culture Many Of Them Just Refuse To Call It That on studyfinds.org
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YOGA • PHILOSOPHY • LIFE
March 3, 2026
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✦ CULTURE ✦
Let Dudes Get Pretty
Men’s grooming habits are rising — a practice of care for some, and a pressure for others; notice intention before investment.
🕉️ KEY CONCEPTS
Sparsha
Touch—attentive, kind contact with the body as a form of care.
Smriti
Mindful remembering—holding awareness of why we groom and what needs we meet.
Mada
Pride/vanity—recognizing when appearance becomes a defense rather than nourishment.
Svadhyaya
Self‑study: observing motivations and patterns around appearance work.
"But, in a curious contortion, they’ve called their work on the face and body anything (and everything) but beauty."
— Jordan Foster (The Conversation)
Name your grooming: when attention is caring and intentional, it nourishes; when it’s a chase, it consumes.
— MJH
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Original Article: "Men Are Embracing Beauty Culture — Many Of Them Just Refuse To Call It That" by Jordan Foster (republished via StudyFinds), StudyFinds / The Conversation, Jan 29, 2026
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