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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave That is the corrosive paradox of gender feminism's misandrist stance: no group of women can wage war on men without at the same time denigrating the women who respect those men. - Quote by Christina Hoff Sommers

That is the corrosive paradox of gender feminism’s misandrist stance: no group of women can wage war on men without at the same time denigrating the women who respect those men.

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