'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.

Quote by Naomi Wolf

Topics: Being A Woman Quotes, Myths Quotes, Society Quotes, Women Quotes

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

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

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

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.

Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our eauty so that we will remain...

Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our eauty so that we will remain...

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what...

Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one...

Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one...

The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behaviour and not appearance.

The beauty myth is always actually prescribing behaviour and not appearance.

Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined...

Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

In politics, as in life, we must above all things wish only for the attainable.

A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy...

A few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called critical philosophy...

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

I tell you, all politics is apple sauce.

I tell you, all politics is apple sauce.

There are no friends at cards or world politics.

There are no friends at cards or world politics.

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that...

The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that...

That's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.

That's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric.