Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
—Naomi Wolf
Topics: Women
The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
—Naomi Wolf
Topics: Beauty
Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
—Naomi Wolf
Topics: Pain
To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
—Naomi Wolf
Topics: Diet
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Sheryl Sandberg American Executive, Author
- Emma Goldman American Anarchist
- Judy Blume American Author
- Betty Friedan American Feminist, Author
- Emma Lazarus American Poet, Writer
- Susan Sontag American Writer, Philosopher
- Erica Jong American Novelist, Poet
- Robin Morgan American Activist
- Howard Zinn American Historian, Activist
- Gertrude Stein American Writer
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