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" The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts. "

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" After feminism, I suddenly realised: not everyone has to live the same way. Imagine that! "

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" The mark, to me, of a constructive argument is one that looks at a specific problem and says, 'What shall we do about this?' And a nonconstructive one is one that tries to label people. "

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" If technology and medicine are used by women to have children or not to have children or to have healthier children - that's one thing. But if it's used to say, 'You're not a real woman unless you have a child; therefore, take all these dangerous hormones and have one at 54,' then it's another story. "

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