Quote of the day.

'In drawing attention to the physical characteristics of women leaders, they can be dismissed as either too pretty or too ugly. The net effect is to prevent women's identification with the issues. If the public woman is stigmatized as too "pretty", she's a threat, a rival - or simply not serious; if derided as too "ugly", one risks tarring oneself with the same brush by identifying oneself with her agenda.'

Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth, p69

(It was this video that made me think of it.)