The Beauty Myth could be a good read for anyone who wants to understand why beauty standards in society are oppressive and how they can be challenged. The book offers a radical and frank expose of the beauty myth, its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders. Reading this vintage classic will help readers understand how the cultural belief about the female beauty can be changed, and how women around the world can be freed from the tyranny of the beauty myth.

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Every day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma – how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all-pervading. In this shortened edition you will find the essence of Wolf’s ground-breaking book. It is a radical, gripping and frank exposé of the tyranny of the beauty myth, its oppressive function and the destructive obsession it engenders.

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