– have to shave all your body hair (probably except your hair on your head, your eyebrows, and eylashes) – got to have a personality (whatever that means) So according to Nash Grier, as a girl you have to be yourself but still: Just so you all know girls are most attractive when they’re themselves! I thought I made that pretty clear in the end of my video!īut in a video where young men insist that they want girls with “natural” hair but then state that they prefer “brunettes,” it’s easy to see how professed double standards applied to young women can leave them feeling frustrated and angry. On Tumblr, anger is still brewing, as a viral repost of Green’s comment has garnered over 200,000 notes and reblogs.īefore he removed the video, Grier defended it:

Among the prominent YouTubers who commented on Grier’s video before it was deleted were comedy vlogger Lamarr Wilson and beloved Vlogbrother Hank Green. Grier’s video stood for five days as it gathered major backlash over what many viewers felt were the boys’ reinforcement of horrible beauty and behavioral standards in young women who already battle with low self-esteem. “You can’t be better than me” at playing video games, Dallas adds.

“If you play too hard to get, then it’s just like, ‘oh, she doesn’t even like me,’ but if you play easy, then it’s just like, oh, she’s a whore,” Grier states. Grier also tells girls that “the chase is such a big part” of what makes a girl appealing, encouraging them to “play hard to get.” Then they move into more contentious territory: Caylen criticizes girls with “fake tits,” while Grier dislikes girls who are “obnoxious and loud.” Then the boys talk about physical appearance, favoring girls who are short and petite, with “natural” looks and “really good smiles.” They criticize girls who don’t shave their facial and body hair, implying that “peach fuzz” and other types of natural hair on women is “gross.” They criticize girls who they see as having no personalities and who are just waiting to marry rich husbands. In the nine-minute long segment, the boys describe their ideal girl as someone who can be entertaining, spontaneous, and fun, girls who can cook, and who can “make you a better you,” i.e. In a video Grier uploaded to YouTube five days before Christmas, he and his friends, 18-year-old fellow Vine star Cameron Dallas and 20-year-old YouTube star JC Caylen, attempt to tell their mostly female fans “What guys look for in girls.” He also caused an Internet uproar when his attempt to tell his young female audience “what guys look for in girls” backfired in a major way. But the North Carolina sophomore, whose following largely consists of teenage girls enamored by his blue-eyed charm, did more than party over his Christmas vacation. Grier just celebrated his 16th birthday with his 4.2 million followers on Vine-the third highest on the platform. Just months after being touted as a “ social media prodigy,” Vine celebrity Nash Grier has learned the hard way that Internet backlash spreads even more quickly than Internet fame-especially if it’s in response to sexism.

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