The beauty industry effected me as a child in several ways. Most would have been in effect from the adults buying into beauty standards and the hollywood blonde actresses I watched on tv. I had no idea why I looked different than button nose, tan, long-legged, long flowing hair, blonde girls with big boobs. I had a crooked nose and fair skin and my hair would never grow past my shoulders, and I'm short, tiny breasts. I do know that played a factor because I remember how my mother was effected and she was bullied horribly. She could never measure up and it hurt really bad (still upsetting now to think about) to see her look at herself badly. She didn't deserve it. Being amongst the industry of models and tv/film actresses is filled with competition and insane pressures most people could never realistically, naturally meet. It set a scary tone by jr high. My real issues actually stem from religious and guardian abuse. Weird issues about my hair, looking perfect in every way, looking like the dolls on rich girls shelves. That has to be an effect in part, from the beauty industry. By ten when I looked in the mirror I saw half my face was my mother's and half my father's. I didn't have a face, just half of each of them and I thought everyone saw it and I wasn't there. Then when I was in LA it did become an issue as you talk about, totally. Perfection standards rose to an extremely disgusting and impossible to meet level. I thought my nose was ten times larger than it actually is. Carried that with me into my mid twenties.
Religion, politics and Hollywood are all arms of the same machine, they all target specific areas of the public's minds and emotions to pressure, manipulate and demoralize them on all sides to send them running to buy products for capitalism. It's major. This is an intentional predatory tactic, for sure. Super sick.
Also I saw how this effected my older brother who was also bullied. He is good looking but got messed with bad for being skinny and short. He was the worst effected, in my opinion in my family, and that's saying something.
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@A_J_R is right, gay men got style and gay men hitting on anyone doesn't mean it's cause the ladies don't want ya. Many gay men are big flirts but I never seen them flirt with someone they weren't attracted to like women often will. I could be wrong my world is small.