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