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" I even felt like I liked guys better than women - that men were relevant and women weren't. It took me a while to realize I'd been socialized to have a slighting view of my own gender. "

Lynn Coady

Gender

Women

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Sit

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Relationships

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Writing

See

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See

Next Level

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Writing

Law

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Small

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Day

Care

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Over

Writing