The Myth of Beauty: Stereotypes Against Women

«The Myth of Beauty» — a cult work by American writer and journalist Naomi Wolf. In it, the author tells how stereotypical ideas about female beauty arise and why they limit women's freedom no less than patriarchal «domestic slavery». Physical perfection becomes an obsession for women, while failing to meet this standard becomes a source of suffering. But even upon reaching the ideal, a woman still loses, as she sacrifices her natural beauty, health, energy, sexuality, and sometimes even life to the accepted standard of appearance. The author argues that in the modern world, a woman is capable of deciding how she wants to live and look, without regard to the dictates of the relentless «myth of beauty». Undoubtedly, the book can be intriguing and useful for men as well, since in the process of its transformation, the myth increasingly draws them into its sphere of influence, imposing sometimes harsh and senseless rules on them. The book «The Myth of Beauty», translated into dozens of languages, has become a bestseller in many countries around the world. To date, it is the loudest, most cited, and discussed feminist work.