“What becomes of a man who acquires a beautiful woman, with her "beauty" his sole target? He sabotages himself. He has gained no friend, no ally, no mutual trust: She knows quite well why she has been chosen. He has succeeded in buying something: the esteem of other men who find such an acquisition impressive.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
“Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
“The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her "beauty.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
“You do not win by struggling to the top of a caste system, you win by refusing to be trapped within one at all.”
― The Beauty Myth
― The Beauty Myth
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