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May 22, 2009

‘I Wish I looked like That’

These words are too often uttered by women. I think every woman I know has said something along these lines at least once.
As much as it an ‘old hat’ issue; whenever I hear someone say these things it makes me sad. Why do we hate ourselves so much? Is it a reflection of a misogynist [...]

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Tags: misogyny, the beauty myth

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