Normalising embarrassment of one's own face is definitely not a pro-face attitude. If character is portrayed in such de-humanising manner, it really is beyond bad taste. Because, you know, why don't we hide our faces behind a mask in all public situations? What would human society become if everybody does that?
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It's not entirely normalizing, but that's how they cope with the harshness of those people. I'm even one of the constant users of that face diaper because I know I can't change how people would react and judge my appearance, and I totally can't block my ears from listening to their insensitive comments so to avoid their judgments I tend to hide the things that most likely would be judged and so as the FMC. And no..it's not dehumanizing to feel insecure about your own flaws. It's normal to feel that way for not all people are resilient to criticisms, so if that's how they'll feel comfortable in public, why prevent them from having that mask?
Well not everybody in that movie is like that (same with real life)— for it's literally just the FMC who's wearing a mask and I think she's the representation of those people who have a hard time dealing with their insecurities, and in the end, she somehow overcome it (and I hope one day, I will also!).
Face-masks are ugly and anti-social. Promotion of ugliness (and vulgarity) in art (and anime) is not a "representation of people with insecurities". Would you like to see more face-masks in art(-gallery) or less??
Imagine face-mask on Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" -- that would be vandalism. I do not like vandalism in art and anime.
In healthy society, face-masks are redundant and unnecessary. I would like to think that we both want to see more beauty in anime, rather than more ugliness.
(FYI, FMC is uncommon and ambiguous abbreviation: https://www.abbreviations.com/FMC)
Ok... that's your opinion and I respect it, but for me, art isn't just all about beautiful things. I know we all have different perceptions of how we see art, but I think it's all about expression—expressions of people's feelings and perceptions. Not all feelings are beautiful, so the portrayal will really vary especially in the current era now where diverse forms of art exist.
Da Vinci came from a different era, and I think it would be unfair to compare a completely different expression of art. Face mask on Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is definitely weird—I mean it's Da Vinci's art so we totally have no right to do that to his art...besides Mona Lisa looks confidently mysterious so I guess there's no use for her to hide behind face mask.
And yes, I also want to see more beauty in anime, but we all have different views about what's beauty. For me it isn't just the absence of flaws, but rather the presence of confidence and acceptance of the insecurities which like I said, the FMC somehow achieved in the end.
(Btw, FMC is Female Main Character. I've been using it since then, so I thought people here kinda understand it by now..hehe)