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

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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...

'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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Women have a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed.

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the...

I like my wine like my women -- ready to pass out.

I like my wine like my women -- ready to pass out.

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

Men get laid, but women get screwed.

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are...

Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with...

Women are the only oppressed group in our society that lives in intimate association with...

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived.

The best happiness a woman can boast is that of being most carefully deceived.

When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has...

When men and women are able to respect and accept their differences then love has...