This document summarizes an article about exploring women's agency through a social and cultural lens. It discusses how agency can vary across contexts and situations. The author examines how women internalize beauty standards and participate in practices that seem against their interests, like cosmetic surgery. Anthropological views are presented that define agency as the ability to act within sociocultural norms through internalizing images. The findings section notes the importance of examining decisions in their historical and cultural context rather than focusing on individual traits. The conclusion explores the limits of agency and self-knowledge, and how humans are subjected to social forces beyond their control.