Bené Viera, writer and activist, told HuffPost in 2016 that; “Men tell women to smile because society conditions men to think we exist for the male gaze and for their pleasure.

Not on the street, not at work, not while grabbing coffee, and definitely not on demand. Yet somehow, society acts like women’s faces come with a built-in obligation to look cheerful 24/7.

TikTok user @_mismelon sparked a curious conversation when she asked, "How did everyone suddenly master new smiles?" The TikTok era has introduced ...

The other person’s smiling amount affects one’s smiling response during face-to-face conversations. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience , 2024; 18 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2024.1420361 Cite This Page : ...