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We have it in our heads that women only need to take up a certain amount of space and then we've done right by them. It's the same in every profession. We get a handful of women professors, a few female board members - that looks normal.
Geena Davis
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Geena Davis
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 21
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