References

Naomi Wolf “The Beauty Myth”

The Beauty Myth, published in 1991, is a book by Naomi Wolf. It examines beauty as a demand and as a judgement upon women. Subtitled How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, Wolf examines how modern conceptions of women’s beauty impact the spheres of employment, culture, religion, sexuality, eating disorders, and cosmetic surgery.

Wolf argues that women in Western culture are damaged by the pressure to conform to an idealized concept of female beauty—the Iron Maiden throughout modern society, from Victorian Times to today. She argues that the beauty myth is political, a way of maintaining the patriarchal system. It allows women to enter the labour force, but under controlled conditions. She also claims that this system keeps women under control by the weight of their own insecurities. The beauty myth is sometimes viewed as succeeding The Feminine Mystique, which relegated women to the position of housewife, as the social guard over women. In this sense, Wolf claims that public interest in a woman’s virginity has been replaced by public interest in the shape of her body.

Virginia L. Blum “Flesh Wound”

Interview on American women who have cosmetic surgery, the reason, the feeling~

Ariel  Levy “Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture”

说实话，这本书是老师推荐的，但是我买来还不是很清楚他到底讲了啥，反正也是女权的一些东西，但是有点美国化，对我来说比较难看懂