"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" is a saying that is, unfortunately, highly misleading. In a place where society rules, it is society itself that is the beholder, society that decides what is beautiful and what is not. Over history, fashions have changed to dictate society on how they must look- each method more dangerous than the last. From the iron corsets of the 1600's to the beginning of cosmetic surgeries of the …
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…it. In today's world, the liberated woman seems to be equally as trapped in society's principles as women centuries ago, which were forced into corsets and petticoats. The Forth Wave of feminism must come from a very specific mindset; one of rejuvenated self-esteem, and the belief that though not all people were created equal, women must demand respect based on ability and personality, so that Naomi Wolf's Beauty Myth can finally be put to rest.