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The Beauty Myth : How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
The Beauty Myth How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Author: Naomi Wolf
Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash  against feminism that uses images of female beauty  as a political weapon against women's advancement.
ISBN-13: 9780385423977
ISBN-10: 0385423977
Publication Date: 6/20/1992
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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This is an amazing, insightful book on how society over-emphasizes beauty to the point that young girls and women equate it with our personal value. This book helped me immensely with my own self worth.
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this is a thought provoking book for women of all ages. particularly good for those of us raising girls to be assertive women.
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"Powerful . . . No other work has . . .sho honestly depicted the confusion of accomplished women who feel emotionally and physically tortured by the need to look like movie stars." New York Times


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