The lyrics of Grimes’ Venus Fly express this desire to be ugly and offensive.

“Why you looking at me now?
Why you looking at me again?
What if I pulled my teeth?
Cut my hair underneath my chin”

There are similar customs elsewhere, including India, and there, some women’s activists support the custom its the traditional way a woman gets time to herself, a break from her work with house, kids, sex etc. With the removal of this custom, new norms would need to be put in place to avoid a life where women work…