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Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
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Feminist
Novelist
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Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
Sisterhood
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Equality
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Women
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