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WHEN BEAUTY PROVOKES HARASSMENT – Naomi Wolf /Writing about the beauty myth.

The fixation on female thinness? An obsession about female obedience.

Famous Golden Gate Bridge it is one of the modern wonders of the world. With so much to do in this amazing city, do not forget San Francisco is famous also for its restaurants. Best waterfront? Fisherman’s Wharf. Here you can experience some fantastic food. 1.5 miles off the shore, is Alcatraz Island, developed as a military fortification, become a famous being the federal prison. In this mythical city a very creative writer was born. You have been able to describe a different myth: that of female beauty.

As she write, “She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her.” NAOMI WOLF is an author, journalist and feminist. She was born November 12, 1962, in San Francisco (California). She is the author of the book “The Beauty Myth“, the third wave of the feminist movement. She written other books, including “The End of America” and “Vagina: A New Biography”. Reading her masterpiece, you will discover women do not have to spend money and go hungry and struggle and study to become sensual; they always were. Women need not believe they must somehow earn good erotic care; they always deserved it.

Her book was a quick bestseller, the most important feminist publication since “The Female Eunuch”. Its basic premise is that as the prominence of women have increased the pressure they feel to adhere to unrealistic social standards of physical beauty has also grown. “The Beauty Myth“: How Images of Beauty Are Used against Womenm is a nonfiction book by Naomi Wolf, published in 1990. That pressure leads to unhealthy behaviors by women, whithin a preoccupation with appearance in both sexes. Yes, you too can discover this smart, insightful book.

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