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I think the gender story will become less fraught with hard edges - and not that we'll have androgyny, but that men and women will move more fluidly into each other's domains.

Elizabeth Lesser

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First we forgive ourselves, then we forgive others and life itself.
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See what's happening to our sisters around the world. I'm very interested in the protection of women globally.
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