The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
In this bestseller Naomi Wolf argues that as women gain more power the socially constructed standards of beauty become more rarefied and harder to attain. Striving for this artificial concept of beauty hurts women. But where does this idea of beauty come from? Wolf argues that concepts of feminine beauty are largely constructed men and serve as a way of shaping women's behavior.
Why this is progressive/liberal: Feminism is one of the key foundations of progressivism. Wolf's book is flawed by its attempt to be a popular work, but her engaging writing and relatively well-done research makes this a good introduction to the complicated relationship between the social ideal of beauty and how it affects women.
Buy the Kindle version: The Beauty Myth
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