Pod tlakem krásy - Jak vzhledem posedlá společnost ubližuje dívkám a ženám a co s tím můžeme dělat (2026)

Contents are in Czech. Young women today face a series of confusing contradictions surrounding beauty. They do not want to be Barbies, yet, like generations of women before them, they are persuaded that this is how they should look. They are outraged by the way the media treat women, while consuming humiliating content that reinforces it. They understand that what they see is not reality, yet still download apps to edit their photographs. They mock the absurd modern beauty ideal while feeling pressure to imitate the same ideals they criticise. Women’s interest in beauty is not a sign of superficiality or weakness, but a direct consequence of a culture that teaches them from an early age that their worth depends primarily on their appearance. Psychologist Renee Engeln calls this the Beauty Sick and, drawing on two decades of research, shows how deeply it is rooted in advertising, social media, the language we use every day and seemingly innocent comments. The book also offers practical advice on what we can do. It explains what the Beauty Sick is, how it works and why it controls us, how social ideals influence our self-perception, how deeply distorted views of women are embedded in society, whether objectification is always problematic, how we can resist social pressure surrounding beauty and how to redirect our energy towards places where it can make a meaningful difference.