Good girls, bad girls, stupid girls

Camille Paglia in Time on the collision of middle-class innocence, feminist theory and real-world evil:

‘…Misled by the naive optimism and “You go, girl!” boosterism of their upbringing, young women do not see the animal eyes glowing at them in the dark. They assume that bared flesh and sexy clothes are just a fashion statement containing no messages that might be misread and twisted by a psychotic. They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature…’

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