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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.

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
Men
Think
Testify
Thinking
Restrictions
Restriction
Sexuality
Afraid
Women
Always

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A Soul is partly given, partly wrought remember always that you are the Maker of your own Soul.
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