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Patriarchy values the hard over the soft the tough over the tender punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The 'hard' qualities are linked to power, success, and masculinity - and exalted. The 'soft' qualities are identified with weakness, powerlessness, and femininity - and denigrated.

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Starhawk
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 17
Environmentalist
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St Paul
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Miriam Simos
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