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  • Essay / Deconstructing the Idea of ​​Beauty - 1264

    In her controversial bestseller Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolf explains how cultural images of beauty found on television, in magazines, in advertisements and in pornography are harmful to women. It exposes the unrealistic and impossible standards of female beauty that create insecurity and self-loathing that can be easily exploited by glossy magazine photos, the fashion world, Hollywood, diets and the beauty industries. plastic surgery. Wolf demonstrates that the concept of “beauty” is a created weapon that is used to make women feel bad about themselves, because in reality, not everyone can live up to the ideal model. Wolf's argument is effective because, through the use of persuasive and compelling language, she lets the reader know the whole truth about how women are harmed in many areas due to our culture that sells useless products and pushes them to fight for a certain narrow image. beauty.Naomi Wolf graduated from Yale University and did graduate studies at the University of Oxford. She is an American author as well as a speaker on social justice. Considering herself a liberal feminist, she wrote a national bestseller, Beauty Myth, as well as other international bestselling books such as Promiscuities, Misconceptions, and Fire with Fire. In addition to being an author, she fused the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership with a mission to educate young women on how to be conscience-driven leaders. Working with young women inspired Naomi Wolf to reach out to women around the world in her book, The Beauty. Myth¸ in the hope that every woman in this world would stop letting the concept of the myth of beauty stop them from achieving all that they are capable of. The book's intended audience was women of all ages. As a... middle of paper ...... This chapter and the book as a whole is an illuminating look at our society's expectations of beauty and the ideals placed on women. Wolf addresses the idealization of beauty at every opportunity to show how it objectifies women. Even though some of her opinions and conclusions are unsupported and there is no clear and concise vision on how to solve this perennial problem, many women can relate to the desire to fit in and find her writings meaningful and inspiring. She has an uncanny ability to connect with others, as she states: "I was grateful to have had the chance to write a book that connected my own experience to that of women around the world" (1). Going through similar experiences, she wrote a book that promotes an image of self-acceptance that goes beyond the clichés that control beauty.Bibliography: The Huffington PostBeauty Myth