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Shulamith Firestone Quotes: If women are differentiated only by superficial physical attributes, men appear more individual and irreplaceable than they really are.
         

If women are differentiated only by superficial physical attributes, men appear more individual and irreplaceable than they really are.


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(Male) culture was (and is) parasitical, feeding on the emotional strength of women without reciprocity.



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