My mother-in-law mention that especially during the 60s and 70s that a lot of women abandon anything associated with "traditional women" crafts like sewing and knitting as an attempt to separate themselves during the women's movement, which meant that, indeed, there was a whole generation that never learned these skills or gave them up. At the time it probably seemed a reasonable reaction, but I suspect it was a real loss to a lot of their own mothers' connection with their daughters. Subsequently, a second generation never learned the skills either and rediscovered them all and how to use them to assert individuality over the last 15 years.
I'm a bit perplexed that there are people that think this girl looks better after her surgery. Her nose is smaller, but it is noticeably non-symmetrical now and not in a natural way but in a "I had cosmetic surgery and they almost got it right!" sort of way. The tan, even more disturbing. Add the pucker and the second picture looks like it might as well be a thumbnail for a porn video.
The before picture: she looks like a young, pretty girl. Keyword here being "girl". She's not even fully physically matured and yet she's already been altered into a societal concept of pretty during a small snapshot in time. Good luck to her as that changes every year for the rest of her life.
So this is just a strictly defined notion about one thing pretty much. Sounds... like a boring sit down to watch movies and mark off a checklist of moral criteria. I mean, who does that? *cough cough CAPAlert cough* http://www.capalert.com/
The before picture: she looks like a young, pretty girl. Keyword here being "girl". She's not even fully physically matured and yet she's already been altered into a societal concept of pretty during a small snapshot in time. Good luck to her as that changes every year for the rest of her life.