EPISODE · Aug 13, 2018 · 30 MIN

Obsession with youth

from Ladies, We Need To Talk · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

If we are intelligent, ambitious and capable women, why are we still judged by the way we look?The Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery estimates that Australians spend around $1 billion a year on cosmetic procedures. Most of that is spent on botox and fillers.So if we’re spending so much money on looking young, are we complicit in society’s obsession with youth?