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Much violence against women originates in emotional territory that they already command. By midlife and early old age, as the hormones of both genders change, women are in total, despotic control of their marriages.

Camille Paglia

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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
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Endicott
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