No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermi…

Naomi Wolf
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No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society. ✨ Naomi Wolf (2013). The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women, p.274, Random House
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