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Women Must Understand That Simply Attacking Or Hating Men Is Just Another Form Of Disempowerment. A Woman Has To Realize That When She Makes A Man Crawl It Doesn't Give Her Power.

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Women Must Understand That

Tori Amos

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Women Must Understand That Simply Attacking Or Hating Men Is Just Another Form Of Disempowerment. A Woman Has To Realize That When She Makes A Man Crawl It Doesn't Give Her Power.

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