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Eva Figes: When modern woman...

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When modern woman discovered the orgasm it was (combined with modern birth control) perhaps the biggest single nail in the coffin of male dominance.

Source: In The Descent of Woman, by Elaine Morgan, 1972.
-- Eva Figes, (Jan 0 1932-2012), German-English writer; She was awarded the Guardian Fiction Prize in 1967 for Winter Journey.


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