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

by Naomi Wolf

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Table of Contents

  • Top
  • Summary
  • Chapter Summaries
  • Chapter 1: The Beauty Myth
  • Chapter 2: Work
  • Chapter 3: Culture
  • Chapter 4: Religion
  • Chapter 5: Sex
  • Chapter 6: Hunger
  • Chapter 7: Violence
  • Chapter 8: Beyond the Beauty Myth
  • Key Takeaways
  • Beauty standards are a tool of social control
  • The beauty myth is a money-making machine
  • Women are prisoners of self-surveillance
  • The beauty myth is anti-erotic
  • Women's magazines sell a double message
  • The PBQ is a form of discrimination
  • Dieting is a political sedative
  • Cosmetic surgery is not liberation
  • Technology is making the beauty myth inhuman
  • The beauty myth hurts everyone
  • Questions
  • If women are more powerful than ever, why are we so obsessed with beauty?
  • How does the beauty myth keep women from uniting?
  • Is there a place for beauty in the professional world?
  • Do men really prefer the 'ideal' beauty portrayed in media?
  • What is the price of beauty?
  • Are eating disorders a choice?
  • Do women's magazines truly empower women?
  • What does the beauty myth teach women about sex?
  • What are the Rites of Beauty?
  • How can we fight back against the beauty myth?

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