SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Cosmetics, fashions and the exploitation of women

· Socialist Action No. 136, 4 April 1986 · p. 10 of the scan · 354 words

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A BOOK about cosmetics and sexual oppression might have seemed old hat a few years ago. The explosion of the women's movement had decisively debunked the myth that all women needed for true happiness was an uplift bra, Playtex girdle, Cream Puff and home perm.

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