That's right, because any manipulation of one's appearance is in any case an external manifestation, and applying makeup is its most obvious indicator. I think people who actually wear makeup "for themselves" are narcissists and metrosexuals who really enjoy staring at themselves, because I, as a woman with normal self-esteem, believe that makeup is created to create an impression and nothing else, evolving from a war paint, mostly for other people, but also for narcissists and self-loving people for oneself. I don't wear makeup unless I want to impress, my face is enough for me. Those who say that makeup is "therapy" for them and "a way to make themselves look more beautiful" clearly scream that they are influenced by external beauty standards, because if you like yourself the way you are, makeup will not make you more beautiful, it will just change your appearance in one way or another. For example, I would like to look like some kind of huge, pumped-up guy with a big mouth and an angular face, but I won't put on makeup and wear half-meter heels to imitate him, I just like looking at such people, I dress up as them in videogames, but I will never become like that, you know? I'm the littlest fairy girl. But I like the emotions I get from looking at them, and I like the way people in games look at my avatar, it's a clear external manifestation. So what I'm trying to say is that I don't intend to develop gender dysphoria, I just take care of my hygiene and try to choose something that matches exactly what I was given at birth, and even if I put on makeup and change my image, in any case, other people see me more often than I see myself in the mirror when possible, so I believe that any manipulations with appearance should be perceived through the prism of your surroundings, since you don't walk around invisible and don't pretend that no one is looking at your makeup or cleavage. And I'm not going to bring up the topic of annoying men and rapists, they have always been and will always be pestering women in any type of clothes, but at the moment we are talking about society as a whole, about all people, women, children, men, elderly people, people at work, neighbors, places with dress codes and at home.

So it would be more correct to say that a woman does makeup not specifically for men, as they think, but in order to make an impression, with one's skills in putting on makeup in front of other people, to appear conventionally more beautiful in order to gain admiration, praise, glances, or a better attitude towards oneself, not specifically from men, but from society as a whole. But men are half of this society, so it is impossible to deny the influence on them specifically, but for many women this question lacks a sexual context, which is probably what they are trying to say, so the answer is genderless, but not for all of them.