Summary of Renee Engeln's Beauty Sick

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#1 The idea that girls should be thin and pretty is something that impacts their body image and self-esteem very early on.

#2 The cultural obsession with prettiness is still present in today’s society, and girls grow up knowing that their appearance is required to be near perfection.

#3 The statistics are not good for Leigh when it comes to her acceptance of how she looks. Around 90 percent of young women have no problem naming a body part with which they’re unhappy.

#4 Beauty sickness is what happens when women’s emotional energy gets so bound up with what they see in the mirror that it becomes harder for them to see other aspects of their lives. It starts early, as soon as girls are taught that their primary form of currency in this world involves being pleasing to the eyes of others.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387756

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#1

The idea that girls should be thin and pretty is something that impacts their body image and self-esteem very early on.

#2

The cultural obsession with prettiness is still present in today’s society, and girls grow up knowing that their appearance is required to be near perfection.

#3

The statistics are not good for Leigh when it comes to her acceptance of how she looks. Around 90 percent of young women have no problem naming a body part with which they’re unhappy.

#4

Beauty sickness is what happens when women’s emotional energy gets so bound up with what they see in the mirror that it becomes harder for them to see other aspects of their lives. It starts early, as soon as girls are taught that their primary form of currency in this world involves being pleasing to the eyes of others.

#5

Beauty sickness is a result of a culture that is sick with beauty standards. It teaches young girls that learning to apply makeup is more important than learning science or math.

#6

When we look in the mirror, we only see part of the story. We see what’s shaped by years of cultural input, comments from friends and family members, and inner worries.

#7

Beauty sickness is a term used to describe the struggle many women experience with their bodies, and it can lead them to seek out eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia.

#8

The focus on the appearance of girls and women is so relentless that Slate published an article with advice on how not to comment on girls’ and women’s appearance.

#9

Artemis, a friend of mine, was extremely obsessed with changing the shape of her body. She was constantly checking Facebook to see if any skinny girls had posted a picture of themselves, so she could rip their face away from the computer and be happy with her body.

#10

Today’s young women face a bewildering set of contradictions. They don’t want to be Barbie dolls, but they still feel they must look like Barbie dolls. They are angry about how women are treated by the media, but they still consume the same media that belittles them.

#11

Artemis’s insistence that her happiness is completely determined by the size and shape of her body has narrowed her view of her own future. She doesn’t even want to think about adulthood and beyond.

#12

The current generation of young women is the