The Siren’s Call: Cosmetic Surgery, Sex, and the Beauty Codes

April 30th, 2010

by
Helen Sheelyan

It seems that the older women in the entertainment industry get the more pressure they feel to succumb to the cosmetic surgeon’s scalpel. Cosmetic Surgery is the siren whose call few women can resist and this begs the question: Why do so many beautiful women fall prey to this artificial need to live up to an impossible standard of beauty that can never be achieved? (more…)