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…)

The Embalmed Muse: The Slippery Slope of Cosmetic Surgery

April 28th, 2010

by
Jason MacGill

In beauty as in movies we must understand the relationship between seduction and procreation. The female form is the seducer. The male can never be. Women alter their bodies, their hair, their nails, their fashion and any other variable in an effort to stay fresh, new, young and (more…)

The Philosophy of Breast Implants: An Introduction to Seduction

April 28th, 2010

by
Calvin Valentine

Celebrity women from many walks of life choose to undergo breast augmentation surgery for the same reason: their power, their capital is their looks. With this reasoning, celebrity women believe that by getting breast implants, they will look more powerful, seductive, sexier, and younger. (more…)