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Male conspiracy cannot explain all female failures. I am convinced that, even without restrictions, there still would have been no female Pascal, Milton, or Kant. Genius is not checked by social obstacles: it will overcome.

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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
Art Historian
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