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The text explains its early creation and use by men and women, elite symbolism in Egypt, and stigma tied to prostitution and “bad girl” behavior. It details legal and social backlash in England and some American states, then highlights suffrage, wartime patriotism, Hollywood glamour, and contemporary acts of rebellion and empowerment.","Red Lipstick: The Devil, Loose Morals and Defiance  \nThis section is adapted from this article:  \n[https://www.thebubble.org.uk/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/the-history-of-red-lipstick/](https://www.thebubble.org.uk/lifestyle/fashion-and-beauty/the-history-of-red-lipstick/)  \nRed lipstick is timeless: the first red lipstick is traced to Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago.  \nIt was created by crushing red rocks or gemstones and white lead into a powder and was worn by both women and men.  \nAncient Egyptians wore red lipstick in order to symbolise aristocracy, power, strength, and social status. Cleopatra is undeniably one of the most influential Egyptian rulers.  \nDespite the aristocratic association red lipstick had in Egypt, Greece used red lipstick to signify prostitution. By law, prostitutes had to wear red lipstick in public, or else they would be punished for pretending to be ladies.  \nRed lipstick was introduced to England in the 16th Century and this harmful association continued to have the same narrative. Lipstick had a ‘bad girl’ stigma. England became increasingly hostile towards women wearing red lipstick in the 1700s.  \n• In the 18th Century, Parliament issued a decree that tried women for witchcraft if they seduced men into marriage by wearing lipstick.  \n• In 1770 a law was introduced that stated: a marriage could be annulled if a woman wore lipstick before her wedding day. This is because it was regarded as common, unladylike, undignified, and was associated with witchcraft and prostitution.  \nThis stereotype and belief managed to cross the oceans; some American states (such as Pennsylvania) also allowed men to get an annulment if his wife had worn lipstick in order to manipulate and trick him into marrying her.  \nFor centuries it was associated with a bad reputation, yet women continued to wear it. It wasn’t until the 1900s when it started to become acceptable  \nThis section is adapted from this article:  \n[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/red-lipstick-history-beauty/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/red-lipstick-history-beauty/index.html)  \nIn 1912 thousands of supporters of the suffrage movement marched past the New York salon of Elizabeth Arden. The cosmetics brand founder, who had just opened her business two years earlier, was a supporter of women’s rights, and she aligned herself with the cause by handing out tubes of bright red lipstick to the marching women.  \nSuffrage leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Charlotte Perkins Gilman loved red lipstick for its ability to shock men , and protesters donned the bold colour en masse, adopting it as a sign of rebellion and liberation.  \nUntil lipstick was popularized in the early 20th century, red lips were often associated with morally dubious women: impolite, sexually amoral, even heretical. In the Dark Ages, red lips were seen as a sign of commingling with the devil. The makeup “was associated with this mysterious, frightening femininity,” writer Rachel Felder said.  \nInspired by her American counterparts, British suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst favoured a red lip, which helped spread the symbolic gesture among her fellow activists.  \nAfter the suffragettes wore red lipstick, the exuberant flappers of the Roaring Twenties followed suit.  \nDuring World War II , red lips had their bold second act of defiance. Adolf Hitler “famously hated red lipstick,” Felder said. In Allied countries, wearing it became a sign of patriotism and a statement against fascism. When taxes made lipstick prohibitively expensive in the UK, women stained their lips with beet juice instead.  \nAs men went off to war and women filled their professional roles back home, they donned red lips to enter the workforce. It showed their resilience in the face of conflict, Felder explained, and offered a sense of normalcy in difficult times. “It allowed women to retain a sense of their own self-identity from before the war.” J. 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