At any rate, the beauty should be younger than the man who is looking at her. She should have soft skin, without marks of age or character. There is an industry built on the concealment of the real textures of women's skin. The perfect beauty has large eyes, large in proportion to her face. She has full red lips, a small delicate nose, a face wide at the temples and narrow at the jaw, a dainty neck.
Women apply carcinogenic substances to their faces, that animals are tortured to produce and test.
Some of us spend over two hours daily maintaining our faces. So that men can look at women who look like children rather than mature human beings. And it disturbs me because I know that we are only now measuring the tip of the iceberg of child sexual abuse in this country, and the results arc horrifying me. Timid, eager to please, innocent, frivolous. It is an unspoken rule of male supremacy that men are not permitted to be attracted to anyone who is their equal.