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Naomi Wolf Quotes

Naomi Wolf quotes about women

American Author November 12, 1962

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The economics of industrialized countries would collapse if women didn't do the work they do for free: According to economist Marilyn Waring, throughout the West it generates between 25 and 40 percent of the gross national product. Naomi Wolf
Culture stereotypes women to fit the myth by flattening the feminine into beauty-without-intelligence or intelligence-without-beauty; women are allowed a mind or a body but not both. Naomi Wolf
Every woman is wired differently. Some women's nerves branch more in the vagina; other women's nerves branch more in the clitoris. Some branch a great deal in the perineum, or at the mouth of the cervix. That accounts for some of the differences in female sexual response. Naomi Wolf
When novelist Margaret Atwood asked women what they feared most from men, they said: 'We're afraid they'll kill us.' When men were asked the same question about women, they said: 'we're afraid they'll laugh at us. Naomi Wolf
In drawing attention to the physical characteristics of women leaders, they can be dismissed as either too pretty or too ugly. The net effect is to prevent women's identification with the issues. If the public women is stigmatized as too 'pretty,' she's a threat, a rival--or simply not serious; if derided as too 'ugly,' one risks tarring oneself with the same brush by identifying oneself with her agenda. Naomi Wolf
The stronger that women grow, the more prestige, fame, and money is accorded to the display professions: They are held higher and higher above the heads of rising women, for them to emulate. Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf quote: "Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's..."
Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women's history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one. Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf quote: "What editors are obliged to appear to say that men want from..."
What editors are obliged to appear to say that men want from women is actually what their advertisers want from women. Naomi Wolf
Healthy" and "diseased," as Susan Sontag points out...are often subjective judgments that society makes for its own purposes. Women have long been defined as sick as a means of subjecting them to social control. Naomi Wolf
Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women. Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf quote: "Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them..."
Women have face-lifts in a society in which women without them appear to vanish from sight. Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf quote: "Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes..."
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints. Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf quote: "To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to..."
To ask women to become unnaturally thin is to ask them to relinquish their sexuality. Naomi Wolf
Some women have become far too proscriptive of other women's pleasures and private arrangements, and the definition of feminism has become ideologically overloaded. Naomi Wolf

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