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The Power of Beauty: Men, Women and Sex Appeal Since Feminism

by Nancy Friday · 1996

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An examination of the changes in women's attitudes about self-esteem, appearance, and sexuality over the past twenty-five years journeys from the fashion runways of Paris to the two-parent nursery, from the diaphragm to the WonderBra.

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