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Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road Quotes: The idea that women are 'our own worst enemies' forces us to admit that we don't have the power to be, even if we wanted too.
         

The idea that women are 'our own worst enemies' forces us to admit that we don't have the power to be, even if we wanted too.


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