'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy…

Naomi Wolf
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'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. ✨ 1990 The Beauty Myth, ch.1,'The Beauty Myth'.
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'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact. ✨ 1990 The Beauty Myth, ch.1,'The Beauty Myth'.

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