Russian TikTok, Soviet upbringing, and judging people for how they look

Hi everyone.

I want to talk a bit about Russian TikTok and that disgusting part of our population.

If you open TikTok without a VPN, it's pure darkness. The videos aren't just outdated, they're truly disgusting, and so is the content.

Example: a mother walks up to her son, who's watching some video lesson, and starts screaming: "Seryozha (a boy's name), what the fuck is this?! What the fuck are you watching?!"

The son calmly answers: "I'm studying, it's a literature lesson."

The mother makes him let her listen to what he's watching, and I guess that's where the video suddenly ends.

The boy looks really young, maybe 9(?), with blond or bleached hair. It's shaved all around in a circle, and only the medium-length hair on top is tied up in a ponytail.

Comments:

"Are you raising Seryozha or Snezhana (a girl's name)?)"

"I don't get the point of cutting boys' hair like that"

"Why does he look like a chick"

Fucking shameful. Where do these assholes come from? Why do they even care how people look?

And there are a fucking ton of people like this in Russia. I think it comes from Soviet and post-Soviet upbringing, where everyone had to look and act the same, and anyone different was a problem.

I've been judged for how I look. I grew my hair out, cut it, dyed it a lot. And yes, I had to deal with it myself and fight. But my mom never judged me. She always let me do whatever I wanted with myself, and if she forbade something, I just did it anyway. And I always told her that if there were any problems or conflicts, I'd handle them myself.

I just hope that kid has someone who's on his side. Everyone deserves that.

Question: how are things in your countries when it comes to appearance? I think everything should be within reason, but not as extreme as in my example.