(Unit5TextB课文段落) Juliet Schor, a leading scholar on the culture of consumerism in the U.S., recently said that we have reached a critical point in our culture: The average American woman now buys more than 52 items of new clothing each year — more than one per week. Of course, women don ’ t need that many new clothes, yet they buy them anyway. Why? Well, much to our surprise, most of us have been brainwashed by our consumer culture to over-consume. Worse, over time this over-consumption has become part of our identities. Our values, attitudes, habits, and practices reflect this culture of addiction. 题目: Why do American women now buy more clothes than they need?