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"There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around."

Ann Oakley, British Sociologist

Change, Men, Women, Man

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"There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around."

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"There are always women who will take men on their own terms. If I were a man I wouldn't bother to change while there are women like that around."

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