As i was researching the way beauty affects women, i came across the book, The Beauty Myth, published in 1991. The book by Naomi Wolf, examines beauty as a demand and as a judgment upon women. Subtitled How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, Wolf examines how modern conceptions of women's beauty impact the spheres of employment, culture, religion, sexuality, eating disorders, and cosmetic surgery. This book takes you through different cultures, and how women are pressured to conform to an idealized concept of female beauty.