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Obviously, untangling sex from aggression and violence or the threat of it is going to take a very long time. And the process is going to be greatly resisted as a challenge to the very heart of male dominance and male centrality.

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Gloria Steinem
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: March 25
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