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" There is no 'natural' order, only the way things are. "

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" If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women. "

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" Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men. "

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" There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd. "

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