"The Victorian woman became her ovaries, as today's woman has become her 'beauty.' Her reproductive value, as the 'aesthetic' value of her face and body today, 'came to be seen as a sacred trust, one that she must constantly guard in the interest of her race.'"
Naomi Wolf

January 1, 1970

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Chapter 7 : 'Violence', p. 222

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