Beauty" and sexuality are both commonly misunderstood as some transcendent inevitable fact; falsely interlocking the two makes it seem doubly true that a woman must be "beautiful" to be sexual. That of course is not true at all. The definitions of both "beautiful" and "sexual" constantly change to serve the social order, and the connection between the two is a recent invention. Naomi Wolf
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It is commonly believed that beauty is something that you are born with, that it is an inevitable fact. If you are beautiful, then you are beautiful. If you are not beautiful, then you are not beautiful. This idea is false.

Beauty is solely defined by what society wants to call beautiful. The definition of the word "sexual" has also changed throughout history. In the olden days, people were much more sexually repressed. Sex was only allowed to be expressed in the form of procreation and sexual reproduction.

To be sexual meant to be lustful and to be lustful meant to have urges towards other people's bodies. This all changed with the development of birth control and the rise of feminism. People began to see sexuality as a positive thing that should be expressed freely without fear of being judged or shamed for doing so.

Sexuality has since become a positive thing in our society, but there are still those who have repressed their sexuality due to societal norms.

Source: The Beauty Myth

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