The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images … - Naomi Wolf

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. . . I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, 'Oh, we're perfect and everything is great. ' We have situations just like everyone else. We're not out in public trying to kill each other, but it's real. We love each other.

Naomi Wolf

The more legal and material hindrances women have broken through, the more strictly and heavily and cruelly images of female beauty have come to weigh upon them.

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