"As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women."
-Julie Burchill
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"I have experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from men, but I have also experienced jealousy, possessiveness, verbal abuse and violence from women, usually when I failed to respond to their advances.“
-Julie Burchill
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