Naomi Wolf's Expectations Of Women

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Naomi Wolf opposes Diaz’s concept about men’s expectations of women, including appearance and education. Diaz is highly supporter of women’s appearance and body attraction, but Naomi tend to support educated woman than the attractive one. In advising the young Dominican guy, Diaz writes: “Tell her that you love her hair, that you love her skin, her lips, because, in truth, you love them more than you love your own” (3). Diaz encourages the young Dominican guy to admire the appearance of his girlfriend. Men always look for physical attraction and good appearance of women. Basically, men’s expectations of women are far away from personality and morals; all they care about is how their women look and dress up. Over the years, the idea that women must have perfect body has changed.

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