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The Open Mind - Naomi Wolf on Beauty - A New Trap for Women

The basic premise of The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf is that as women have gained increased social power and prominence, the expected adherence to unrealistic standards of physical beauty has grown stronger. "The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon us... [D]uring the past decade, women breached the power structure; meanwhile, eating disorders rose exponentially and cosmetic surgery became the fastest-growing specialty... [P]ornography became the main media category, ahead of legitimate films and records combined, and thirty-three thousand American women told researchers that they would rather lose ten to fifteen pounds than achieve any other goal...More women have more money and power and scope and legal recognition than we have ever had before; but in terms of how we feel about ourselves physically, we may actually be worse off than our unliberated grandmothers." pp 10 ~ The Beauty Myth