'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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men; and, therefore, it is likely to entail a great deal of trouble on the possessor.
There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
Beauty is a relation, and the apprehension of it a comparison.
Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products.
Beauty is something we can affirm and intend to have more of.
Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.
Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.
I have a book out called 'The Beauty Equation' and it discusses how off track we have gone in considering beauty.
Beauty is a radiance that originates from within and comes from inner security and strong character.