An edition of The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women (1990)

The Beauty Myth

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An edition of The beauty myth : how images of beauty are used against women (1990)

The Beauty Myth

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.8 (12 ratings) ·
  • 270 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 15 Have read

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 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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Femininity (Psychology), Sex role, Feminine beauty (Aesthetics), Beauty culture, Femininity, Health and hygiene, Nonfiction, Personal Beauty, Social aspects, Social aspects of Personal beauty, Social conditions, Socialization, Sociology, Women, Féminité, Rôle selon le sexe, Beauté féminine (Esthétique), Body image, Body image in women, Féminité (Psychologie)

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Cover of: Mif o krasote
Mif o krasote: stereotipy protiv zhenshchin
2015, ANF
in Russian - 2-e izdanie
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Beauty Myth
2015, Penguin Random House
in English
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The Beauty Myth
2008, HarperCollins
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The Beauty Myth
June 7, 2007, Vintage
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
September 24, 2002, Harper Perennial
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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
September 24, 2002, Harper Perennial, Perennial
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The beauty myth: how images of beauty are used against women
1992, Anchor Books
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The beauty myth: how images of beauty are used against women
1991, W. Morrow
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