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[This is] the basis of the Innocent Woman Defense the Innocent Woman Principle:: Women are believed when they say they are innocent of violence and most easily doubted when they say they are guilty of violence.

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Warren Farrell
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: June 26
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