The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage; its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.
Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight.
To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality.
Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.