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I think I've become more cynical about sex. Meaning, I don't think sex in and of itself leads to an epiphany.

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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New York City
New York
Erica Mann Jong
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