Quote by Naomi Wolf
Beauty is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any econo

Beauty is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. – Naomi Wolf

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No matter what a womans appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize – as her personal problem – observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. – Naomi Wolf

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Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. – Naomi Wolf

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Most urgently, womens identity must be premised upon our beauty so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air. – Naomi Wolf

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I really believe that beauty comes from health – sensible eating and exercise. – Dita Von Teese

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. – Confucius

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Fashion is quite inclusive and good at embracing different things and different forms of beauty. Its a very liberal industry. You can be yourself. Just not overweight. – Andrej Pejic

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Though there might not be any easy answers to the problem of poverty, its most compelling scribes do not resign themselves to representation solely for the sake of those age-old verities of truth and beauty. – Leslie Jamison

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