Naomi WolfBeauty provokes harassment, the law says, but it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes it.
About This Quote
This is a quote from the movie, "The English Patient." The movie is about a young British nurse who falls in love with an injured German soldier. When they are seen by people in the village they are seen as beautiful, however, they are both harassed because of the scars they have received during the war. But they are seen by the law as beautiful, because it looks through men's eyes when deciding what provokes harassment.
Source: The Beauty Myth
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