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What little girls learn is not the desire for the other, but the desire to be desired. — Naomi Wolf

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What little girls learn is not the desire for the other, but the desire to be desired.

Naomi Wolf
The Beauty Myth · 1990
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Patriarchy
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Sociology
Time
1990
Person
Naomi Wolf
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Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Chatto & Windus, 1990.

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