Quote by: Naomi Wolf

Men are visually aroused by women's bodies and less sensitive to their arousal by women's personalities because they are trained early into that response, while women are less visually aroused and more emotionally aroused because that is their training. This asymmetry in sexual education maintains men's power in the myth: They look at women's bodies, evaluate, move on; their own bodies are not looked at, evaluated, and taken or passed over. But there is no "rock called gender" responsible for that; it can change so that real mutuality--an equal gaze, equal vulnerability, equal desire--brings heterosexual men and women together.


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Author Bio


  • NameNaomi Wolf
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornNovember 12, 1962
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitical Writer; Activist; Political Adviser
  • WorksThe Beauty Myth; The End Of America: Letter Of Warning To A Young Patriot