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The only sex education my mother ever gave me was the injunction: 'Never let a boy touch you down there.' I had no idea what she meant. She seemed to be referring to my knees.
Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: August 27
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