She quotes Naomi Wolf, the leading feminist who claimed in 1991 that beauty as an objective and universal entity did not exist. Many intellectuals believe that beauty is inconsequential because it explains nothing, solves nothing and teaches nothing. They are of the opinion that beauty can be seen both as a source of strength and as a source of weakness. Yet women are always searching for means to beautify themselves. The researcher concludes that all cultures are beauty cultures.
Every civilisation reveres it.
The description of Nefertari and of Helen are examples of this. Every civilisation pursues beauty, even at enormous costs. Beauty's ability to provoke pleasure, rivet attention and impel action is what ensures the survival of our genes. Beauty is not only a human characteristic, though. We find beauty in a peacocks' tail, in a nightingale's song, in the setting of the sun and the rising of the moon.