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Nothing in our society-with the exception of violence and fear-has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle.

Christiane Northrup

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Christiane Northrup
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: October 4
Women
Cycles
Nothing
Exception
Effective
Keeping
Violence
Society
Menstrual
Fear
Degradation
Place
Cycle

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