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Today a woman must ignore her reflection in the eyes of her lover, since he might admire her, and seek it in the gaze of the God of Beauty, in whose perception she is never complete.

Naomi Wolf

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Naomi Wolf
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 12
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San Francisco County
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Naomi Rebekah Wolf
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