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  3. To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essen

To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essen

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问题     To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s
character and concerns. (In contrast by men—whose essence is to be strong, (1)______
or effective, or competent.) It does not need someone in the throes of femi- (2)______
nist awareness to perceive that the way women are taught to be involved in (3)______
beauty encourages narcissism, reinforces independence and immaturity. (4)______
Everybody knows that. For it is "everybody", a whole society, which has (5)______
identified being feminine with caring about how one looks. Giving these (6)______
stereotypes, it is no wonder that beauty enjoys, at best, a rather mixed reputation.
    It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful is wrong but the obligation (7)______
to be. Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and to assess each part (8)____
separately. Breasts, feet, hips, waistline, neck, eyes, nose, complexion, hair,
and so on—each by turn is submitted to an anxious scrutiny. Even if some (9)______
pass the scrutiny, some will always be found wanted. Nothing less than per- (10)______
fection will do.
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答案wanted — wanting
解析 to find something or somebody wanting表示“(某物或某人)缺乏应有的素质，不够格”，如：He analyzed his game and found it wanting．Eleanor was scrutinized，too，andoften found wanting．wanted往往指“被通缉”或“被爱、被照顾的”，如：He is oneof the most wanted criminals in Europe．Children should be wanted and planned．
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