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I think men have always been afraid of women's sexuality, and the restrictions they put on women testify to that.

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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
Think
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Restrictions
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Sexuality
Afraid
Women
Always
Men

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