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The world belongs to women.
In other words, to death.
But everyone lies about it.

— Philippe Sollers Women (1990)

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Stop being astounded by the realization that sex is the object of such misunderstanding and of such automatic clumsiness that it implies either a universal loathing or a universal veneration (which are much the same thing).

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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