I agree that BW need to be encouraged, but I don't think the issue is just that bw feel beautiful with weave. I honestly think that are various reasons that some women constantly wear weave. Sure, feeling "beautiful" is one of them, but it's not the only reason, even if men believe differently. For instance, I've asked my sister, who wears weaves back to back, when I will see her real hair, and she said "never lol". It had nothing to do with beauty for her, she said that the daily care of weave, is so much easier for her than her natural hair. That she can get up and go, and not have a bad hair day. That she can predict how she will look. That wash days are not an issue anymore. And the list goes on. Obviously the beauty aspect is probably one of the reasons too. I've talked to enough women that wear weave all the time, to understand that some women really still don't know how to take care of and style their natural hair, on the day-to-day basis. And some don't even feel like learning. The other women I know that wear weaves often, did try wearing their natural hair "out", but struggled a lot, and did not want to go back to relaxers, so they just started wearing weaves, and became addicted lol. And I have a friend who's been wearing weaves and braids, to grow her hair out. I'm not saying that the beauty aspect has nothing to do with it, because I know it does, but I also know that for a lot of women it's more than that.
In any case, as others have pointed out, you won't believe the number of women that aren't black, that regularly wear extensions. I remember being at the dentist last week, and noticing that white receptionist track sticking out lol... I would have never known that she had a weave because it matched her hair to a tea. And I've seen youtube videos from latinas, middle eastern chicks, etc talking about their clip in extensions or doing review on their weave hair lol. So It's way more than you think. The reason it isn't talked about as much, or as negatively, is because as others have pointed out, they buy extensions that match their texture, so it isn't detectable. I would say that a lot of women feel like they need superficial things to be beautiful, that is why make up is such a big thing now--as is extensions. It isn't just BW, it's a women thing, but BW get flak for it more than others when it comes to weave, and I think that alone probably also makes them more defensive and insecure about it.
And though a lot of men say that they hate weave, and relaxers, and prefer natural hair, I know that irl based on the sheer number of BW in relationships and marriages that wear weave, that it isn't true lol. In fact, one of my friends said that when she wears weave she gets hollered at way more than when she wears her hair natural. And I see enough of the women yall post in here as dimes(often with fake kinky curly hair, fake curly hair, or fake straight hair) to know that some men are saying one thing(they love natural hair) but doing another.
