Women who are beautiful or who achieve beauty according to the imposed standards are rewarded; those who cannot or choose not to be beautiful are punished, economically and socially.
Become goddesses of disobedience. - Naomi Wolf
Become goddesses of disobedience.
- Naomi Wolf
'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 las… - Naomi Wolf
'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 las…
To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that… - Naomi Wolf
To live in a culture in which women are routinely naked where men aren't is to learn inequality in little ways all day long. So even if we agree that…
For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; that we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve to be sexual AN… - Naomi Wolf
For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; that we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve to be sexual AN…
A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. - Naomi Wolf
A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.
Sexiness is no longer defined just as whether we are desirable, but also what we desire. The more liberated women become - economically, politically,… - Naomi Wolf
Sexiness is no longer defined just as whether we are desirable, but also what we desire. The more liberated women become - economically, politically,…
A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem. - Naomi Wolf
A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.
Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking. - Naomi Wolf
Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.
The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision. - Naomi Wolf
The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision.
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