But there's also an inescapable "gendered" aspect - & a hint of homophobia - beyond the "punk rebellion" look of putting makeup on a man, that I think is completely unintentional on the part of the writers, but the links to frivolousness/frippery/femininity/evil or amorality and makeup is quite old, older than the French Revolution, when the critics of the ancien regime used that as the basis for a critique of the nobility.

And I think it still lingers - the fact that wearing eye pencil can still be seen as an act of rebellion seems absurd to me.