Quote by Naomi Wolf
No matter what a womans appearance may be, it will be used to unde

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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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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Beauty
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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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Society
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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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I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals. – Brigitte Bardot

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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy. – Proverb

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The absence of flaw in beauty is itself a flaw. – Havelock Ellis

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Glamour is a shooting star, it catches your eye, but fades away, beauty is the sun always brilliant day after day. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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