The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf

349 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction feminism informative reflective slow-paced
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Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you...

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