I find it incredibly rude for anyone of any sex to tell anyone else (especially a stranger) to smile. Even if they don't add "because it makes you look prettier," just telling another person what to do with their face is RUDE!
I have a (female) coworker who tells other coworkers (both male and female) to smile all the time. As far as I can tell, no one enjoys being told to smile, because it's an insinuation that they are making an unpleasant facial expression.
This coworker came by my desk one day and said to me, "Oh smile! Life isn't so bad!" This happened to be the day after Christmas, so she was probably still bubbling with holiday spirit. But what she didn't know was that my grandfather had passed away Christmas Eve. So I had spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day mourning the loss of my beloved grandfather, and I was completely angry at the world (he was my last living grandparent, and I took his death HARD). I had asked to have the day off to spend with family and help with funeral arrangements, but I was denied the time off since we were incredibly short-staffed that day. So needless to say, I was not in a smiling mood.
Moral of the story: Telling anyone to smile is rude, and you never know why they may not want to smile at that moment.
THIS THREAD! OMG!
Anyway, all I could think of with this story was the "Bitchy Resting Face" video: click
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