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It seems to me that women, in liberating themselves, are freeing men as well from the philosophical and cultural boundaries that impose forms on us all. Those boundaries bind and limit us. Diversity, deviation, mutation are paths to growth. Gender variation is a sign of a healthy society.

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Spot on. Beauvoir makes that very point in her chapter on feminine myths.

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So wonderful to have spent a few minutes this evening with you and Ms. de Beauvoir.

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Thank you, and thanks for reading!

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