To find freedom and happiness in each others' arms, or you know, inside their own bodies and minds. That is a very empowering thing in a society that's trying to control us all the time.
Naomi WolfWomen who are beautiful or who achieve beauty according to the imposed standards are rewarded; those who cannot or choose not to be beautiful are punished, economically and socially.
Naomi WolfA culture fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in womenโs history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.
Naomi WolfWe are in the midst of a violent backlash againist feminism that uses images of female beauty as political weapons against women's advancement.
Naomi Wolf