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The Beauty Myth Before Kate Moss there was Twiggy, and before Twiggy, well, women weren't expected to look so slim-not at least, if we judge by Marilyn Monroe. And for Naomi Wolf (b.1962), that's exactly the problem. Contemporary standards of feminine beauty have devolved to a point that can only be described as anorexic, and America's young women are paying the price through a near epidemic of bulimia and anorexia. The most effective way to combat this epidemic, Wolf argues, is to show how what we call "beautiful" is a cultural myth that has been framed for certain purposes-essentially, Wolf believes, to keep women under control by imprisoning them in their bodies. A prominent figure in feminist and neofeminist circles, Naomi Wolf is the author of The Beauty Myth (1991), from which this selection is excerpted, and Fire with Fire (1993). At last, after a long silence, women took to the streets....

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