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Courage is a virtue appreciated in a male but considered a defect in our gender. Bold women are a threat to a world that is badly out of balance, in favor of men.

Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: August 2
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of the Kings
Isabel Allende Llona
Threat
Bold
Balance
Badly
Courage
Favor
Virtue
Favors
Women
Male
Defect
Men
Gender
Humiliated
World
Males
Defects
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