Prereading blog - Beauty Myth

The Beauty Myth was written by Naomi Wolf. She looks at how society views beauty and the repercussions. She says that in the west, women are made almost to suffer for the sake of appearances to improve her standing in being accepted for relationships, employment and other venues. She argues that older men's views towards women are at cause. The old focus was on women remaining pure (or virgin) while today's focus being on figure.