I know it's not clothes that make women beautiful or otherwise, nor beauty care, nor expensive creams, nor the distinction of costliness of their finery. I know the problem lies elsewhere. I don't know where. I only know it isn't where women think.

Marguerite Duras
About This Quote

The book "Women Who Run with the Wolves" by Clarissa Pinkola Estés focuses on how traditional society treats women, and how women can alter that. It is a book filled with life lessons, and a very insightful one at that. In this quote, she writes about why society has distorted women's role. We have been taught to think that beauty comes from clothes, beauty care, expensive creams and finery. But, why is it that we don't treat men this way? Why do we look at men as if their masculinity is about what they wear or the effect of the finery? In actuality, men are more beautiful when they wear practical clothing and never show their wealth.

Source: The Lover

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