Our Boys Look Like Girls?

And in the 1700s, men looked like this,

From the film Barry Lyndon

And like this,

The ladies don’t seem to mind

We all think we’re living at the end of history. The Hollywoodization of the past, even of the “historic” films, reflects current gender norms more than they let on.

The people in the era fought bloody battles and duels and were as masculine as anyone today. Don’t let the mascara fool you.