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  Beauty and misogyny 09 August 2005  
Are today's beauty practices harmful to women?

The average make-up wearing woman consumes four and half kilos of lipstick in her lifetime, and exposes herself to 200 synthetic chemicals before breakfast. 

So why do women continue to do this and other things (like wearing high heels) which may harm their health? 

Jenni asks radical feminist Sheila Jeffreys and journalist Yvonne Roberts whether women control, or are controlled by, their beauty practices.

Beauty and Misogyny: harmful cultural practices in the West by Sheila Jefferys, published by Routledge - ISBN: 0415351820


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