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That age “progressively destroys” women, but not men, is the crux of what Susan Sontag termed the double standard of aging, back in 1972.
Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit
James Suzman • Work
It is that the attribute we call beauty is of two kinds. One is a parochial kind of attractiveness, local to a species, to a culture or to an individual. The other is unrelated to any of those: it is universal, and as objective as the laws of physics. Creating either kind of beauty requires knowledge; but the second kind requires knowledge with uni
... See moreDavid Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
It is a sad paradox that a movement centered on the rights of women has led us to this curious juncture where the very definition of “woman” is under fierce dispute. How this happened is a strange story, rich in dramatic irony, and ultimately ruinous. The gender paradigm is feminism’s offspring, and it has proven, as we will see, to be an Oedipal o
... See moreAbigail Favale • The Genesis of Gender
controle do peso veio a se tornar sua base racional, já que a inferioridade natural saiu de moda.
Naomi Wolf • O mito da beleza: Como as imagens de beleza são usadas contra as mulheres (Portuguese Edition)
The attachment we have to an individual can supersede an overall decrease in our quality of life, and so the love we usually have toward our children means that our choice to bring them into existence has value above and beyond whatever effect they have on our happiness.
Paul Bloom • What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
weight—these women were not provocative. That made an immense difference.
Charlotte Gilman • Herland
O fato de as mulheres competirem entre si através da “beleza” é o inverso da forma pela qual a seleção natural afeta outros mamíferos. A antropologia derrubou a teoria de que as fêmeas teriam de ser “belas” para serem selecionadas para reprodução.