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

Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth

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Topic

Patriarchy

Author

Naomi Wolf

Source

The Beauty Myth

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1990 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Wolf, Naomi. The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women. Chatto & Windus, 1990.

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The law sees and treats women the way men see and treat women.

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Topic
Patriarchy Law

Author

Catherine MacKinnon
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

MacKinnon, Catharine A. "Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: Toward Feminist Jurisprudence." Signs. Vol. 8, No. 4, c. 1983.