The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity.In today’s world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women’s movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as … argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It’s the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society’s impossible definition of “the flawless beauty.”
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The book is definitely written from a liberal feminist perspective and I’m a radical feminist, so I didn’t expect to agree with all of it. I have, however, been frustrated with seeing my mainstream liberal feminist friends trying to claim their adherence to beauty culture is feminist and I was curious how one might argue against beauty culture …
A work that exposes the entrenched cultural forces that make being a modern western woman so fraught and unsatisfying. If you care about, or love, any woman this will help you understand the mountain we have built for her to climb.
Just okay, didnt feel like I was gaining info. Felt more like a soapbox on woman’s lib and a history of mans control over the beauty industry.