Women wear make-up for many reasons, Darren

Once in a while you read an article that makes you wonder if it’s meant to be taken as a joke or not.

“Women please keep your faces on for your selfies” by Darren Norris (Irish Examiner, April 3) switches from poking light-hearted fun at the trend of selfies, to a misogynistic twist about how he doesn’t wish to look at women without their face on, that make-up is solely for improving looks and attracting men.

Mr Norris also mentions men get away with “a shower, a shave, a splash of deodorant and a quick brush of the teeth”. He is confusing hygiene, a basic care of the body, and make-up, a choice pushed on grown women. I wear a lot of make-up, I love the colours, I enjoy trying new trends. But I go to work bare-faced every day. I feel no shame.