"And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body.

There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.
~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman ~












There is no female mind. The brain is not an organ of sex. As well speak of a female liver.

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