Sensuous, provocative, sexy, and alluring are words used to describe models in advertisements for cosmetics and women's attire in both television and magazines. Why is this? Simply put, sex sells. And "without our products, you can not attain this beauty", they are saying subliminally. Despite this, or maybe because of this, Scott tells us in this essay "... defiance among feminist activist, therefore, has been a refusal to conform to the grooming practices that fashion deemed 'beautiful' or 'feminine'" (131).

There is no doubt that any man desires to "possess" a beautiful woman, in any way he can. This is a control that

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