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The Power of Beauty: Men, Women and Sex Appeal Since Feminism

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I was SOOO disappointed. It was horrible. I have to admit I only made it through the first two chapters and then the chapter on men (and I almost Never stop reading books). (My roommate read the whole thing and she didn't like it either). Does this woman have ISSUES!! She mentions at the beginning that if you're not totally hung up on how you look, it's probably because you tried to play the beauty game and lost. Mostly she talks about how her father abandoned her and her mother ignored her and this is the reasons she is the way she is (plus her incestuous grandfather played a big roll). She totally bashes feminism - citing nearly every stereotype in the book. Blames women for their problems...like women dress "sexually" are asking for sexual attention. Can you tell she likes Camille Paglia and writes favorably about her? (of course she hates Gloria Steinem and makes several snide remarks and completely dismisses Naomi Wolf). I can't think of anything else... I'm trying to block it. :) I just wanted to warn people to look at the book before ordering it!!

This is a book that explains how looks affect our lives and how our lives affect our looks. I am only prompted to write after reading the mindless, shallow review that you posted from one of jerks who is too stupid to know what she is saying. How can Amazon print a review from someone who admits she only read the first two chapters of the book. The reviews by professional reviewers more accurately reflect the fine writing and fine thinking that Friday brings to this subject.

I liked it. Maybe because I am hung up on my looks and because guys' heads do turn when I walk down the street, but I have never gotten emotionally attached to a guy and I really see what she's saying and stuff, and I liked it.

The most important omission from this book and from others on similar subjects is the plight of a woman who does not possess any kind of beauty. All these writers act as if every female cannot walk down the street without all the men drooling or every female is desired every day of her life, i.e., rape is everywhere. Is my experience so unique? My experience being the kind of woman that men ignore. I can't be the only one. And Nancy does resemble a horse in pictures I've seen of her. I guess that is what is considered "beautiful" these days, or ever since the 60s when Nancy's kind of "beauty" was first recognized, as she says in the book.