text: the beauty myth: how images of beauty are used against women? how does it affect men and your families no doubt that the beauty myth has the backing of huge corporate entities.  we discontinued or home cable tv service because of the overwhelming pressure to accept "the beauty myth"    a huge industry revolves around this myth... clothing designers, brand name manufacturers, the stores that retail these "beauty garments" and the tv networks that get paid millions to hawk everything from makeup, clothes, soaps, perfumes, etc...     we live in a society that values the look more than the person.    i read a poll once where children under age 14 were asked to rate beauty...the lowest ratings were of people who were and responsible for making the world a better place  such as mother theresa and other notables, the highest were the tv show stars.   children must be taught to think this way.  it is to our shame that we let this myth  propagate and thus place value in the most superficial aspects of life.