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The Beauty Myth: Stereotypes Against Women

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The Beauty Myth: Stereotypes Against Women
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An iconic work by American writer and journalist Naomi Wolf. In it, the author talks about where stereotypical ideas about female beauty come from and why they limit women's freedom no less than patriarchal "domestic slavery". Physical perfection becomes an obsession for women, and failure to conform to it becomes a source of suffering. But even after achieving the ideal, a woman still loses because she sacrifices her natural beauty, health, energy, sexuality, and sometimes even her life to the conventional standard of appearance. The author argues that in today's world, a woman herself is able to decide how she wants to live and look, without regard to the dictates of a ruthless "beauty myth". Undoubtedly, the book can be fascinating and useful for men, because in the process of its transformation, the myth is increasingly involving them in its sphere of influence, imposing on them sometimes rigid and meaningless rules.
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