THE UNFORTUNATE IMPORTANCE OF BEAUTY by Amanda Filipacchi

“…I see women who dehumanize themselves, who treat themselves as though they’re pieces of meat.

They objectify themselves.

And as if that’s not bad enough, they don’t even do it for themselves, they usually do it for someone else: for a man.

These women see themselves as merchandise.

They get facelift upon facelift upon nose job upon cheekbone implant upon breast augmentation upon liposuction upon lip enhancement.
It seems to me the only way these women are able to subject themselves to so many procedures is by viewing their bodies as nothing more than material possessions.

Can you imagine how hard that must be on their spirits, to see themselves as nothing but meaningless, lowly objects?

They may not realize it, but consistently thinking of the external appearance as both supremely important and also as an object whose uniqueness and differences are not valued or appreciated and must therefore  be butchered and uniformized has got to wear the spirit down on some deep level.”

Editura: W. W. NORTON&COMANY, NY-LONDON, 2015