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My theory of everything is that we are training kids to have gender bias against girls, therefore when you are an adult, you don't see it. We think it's normal.
Geena Davis
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Geena Davis
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 21
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Virginia Elizabeth Geena Davis
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