Book · 1990 · Philosophy
The Beauty Myth
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Her first book, The Beauty Myth, challenged notions of attraction, arguing that they are societally fabricated.
Jordan Peterson · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Apr 2023 Listen at 1:52 What they say about it
- Challenged notions of attraction“challenged notions of attraction”2
- Argued about standards of beauty“universal standards of beauty”2
The best things said about it
She had written a book in the early 1990s where she argued that women are now winning in all facets of life and the only place where men can still exert control over women is by promulgating the idea of a beauty myth whereby there are universal standards of beauty.
Gad Saad The Joe Rogan Experience · May 2022 She wrote The Beauty Myth and has been a pretty powerful voice on the left, promoting the narrative of patriarchal oppression.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Nov 2023 When I read The Beauty Myth, which was a long time ago by the way because it was published in 93, I was curious about what you made of the biological markers of beauty and how you think that plays into what you described as the Iron Maiden straitjacket placed on women in terms of the ideal of their sexual.
Jordan Peterson The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · Apr 2023 Naomi Wolf wrote a book in the early '90s, The Beauty Myth, that sold millions of copies where she argued that there is no such thing as universal standards of beauty.
Gad Saad The Joe Rogan Experience · Jul 2017 Where and when it comes up
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The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf is a landmark feminist critique arguing that societal standards of physical attractiveness are weaponized against women to undermine their political and social gains. The book has been a frequent subject of analysis and debate across major podcasts. Ezra Klein discussed the cultural impact of the title on The Ezra Klein Show, recalling its release during his undergraduate years as a defining moment of 1990s intellectual history. Jennifer Szalai mentioned the book on The Book Review while discussing Naomi Klein’s memoir Doppelganger and the frequent confusion between the two authors. The text has also sparked extensive critical discussions, notably on The Joe Rogan Experience, where Joe Rogan and Gad Saad analyzed the core arguments. Saad provided a detailed critique, noting the book's premise that women had achieved success in nearly all facets of life, leaving physical standards as the primary tool for patriarchal control. Similarly, Dr. Jordan Peterson examined the publication on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, characterizing it as a powerful articulation of the narrative surrounding patriarchal oppression while engaging in a deeper philosophical debate regarding the biological markers of attraction and the societal expectations placed upon modern women.
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Jordan Peterson She wrote 'The Beauty Myth' and has been a pretty powerful voice on the left, promoting the narrative of pa… 5
“She wrote 'The Beauty Myth' and has been a pretty powerful voice on the left, promoting the narrative of patriarchal oppression. I mean, that's a narrative she buys.”
“her first book The Beauty myth challenged Notions of Attraction arguing that they are societally fabricated”
“Her first book, 'The Beauty Myth,' challenged notions of attraction, arguing that they are societally fabricated.”
“When I read The Beauty Myth, which was a long time ago by the way because it was published in 93, I was curious about what you made of the biological markers of beauty and how you think that plays into what you described as the Iron Maiden straitjacket placed on women in terms of the ideal of their sexual”
“This was promoted there's a book called The Beauty myth for example that purports to claim that conceptions of female Beauty are what would you say”
Gad Saad do you remember the book the beauty myth by naomi wolf did you know that book 3
“do you remember the book the beauty myth by naomi wolf did you know that book”
“but just to finish the point about the beauty myth she had written a book in the early 1990s where she argued that women are now winning in all facets of life and the only place where men can still exert control over women is by promulgating the idea of a beauty myth whereby there are universal standards of beauty”
“Naomi Wolf wrote a a book in the early '90s, uh, the beauty myth that sold millions of copies where she argued that there is no such thing as universal standards of beauty.”
Ezra Klein Her heyday was was um the 1990s with a breakthrough book called The Beauty Myth. It came out when I was uh… 1
“Her heyday was was um the 1990s with a breakthrough book called The Beauty Myth. It came out when I was uh an undergrad.”
Jennifer Szalai the premise is Naomi kleene describes how over the past decade or so she has frequently been confused with… 1
“the premise is Naomi kleene describes how over the past decade or so she has frequently been confused with Naomi wolf who is the feminist intellectual who famously published The Beauty myth in the early 1990s”
Joe Rogan Do you remember the book the beauty myth by naomi wolf did you know that book 1
“Do you remember the book the beauty myth by naomi wolf did you know that book”
Naomi Wolf But I will say that now I think that young men, for instance, like a whole phenomenon that I find fascinati… 1
“But I will say that now I think that young men, for instance, like a whole phenomenon that I find fascinating—I might find it fascinating as an older woman who's married to a much younger man—but I find it fascinating that when I was writing The Beauty Myth, older women were considered done reproductively or sexually, and now that’s no”
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“I talked to this leftist scholar Naomi wolf a while back on my podcast you know and and she's she wrote The Beauty myth and she's been a pretty uh powerful voice on the left on the pro patriarchal oppression front”