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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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解析 词组in contrast to／with表示“与……相比”，不能用其他介词，例如：The companylost $13 million this year,in contrast with a profit of $15 million last year．除此之外，contrast作为名词还可和介词by连用，如：When you look at their new system，ours seemsvery old—fashioned by contrast．
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