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...gender relationships, which are tough for people to deal with, are key to whether a society orients to domination or partnership in all its relations.

Riane Eisler

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Riane Eisler
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: July 22
Anthropologist
Historian
Human Rights Activist
Peace Researcher
Sociologist
Writer
Vienna
Austria
Riane Tennenhaus Eisler
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