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We've lost more men to homosexuality than we ever did in two world wars.

Erica Jong

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Erica Jong
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 26
Author
Feminist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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Men
World
Homosexuality
Wars
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