Wednesday 24 February 2010

Beauty and Misogyny

I have just started reading Sheila Jeffreys' Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West which looks interesting. A sort of academic version of Naomi Wolf's The Beauty Myth - which I have yet to read. I will report at greater length when I've read a bit more of it. So far she is likening many acceptable cosmetic practices in the West to female genital mutilation - just because you want to do it doesn't mean you haven't been unduly influenced . . . . Much food for thought here.
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  1. Leigh Russell26 February 2010 at 06:27

    "Just because you want to do it doesn't mean you haven't been unduly influenced" So true! I think life is hard for youngsters today. They are bombarded with so many 'influences'.

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  2. Jilly28 February 2010 at 05:18

    I would really hate to be young today - it is far far worse than when I was in my teens and twenties - the 1960s and 1970s

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