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... sexual doubts and fears , may diminish their importance and make them less frightening . Most of us are disturbed , though , when a bright , attractive young woman punctuates her every sentence with a four - letter word . Other women ...
... sexual doubts and fears , may diminish their importance and make them less frightening . Most of us are disturbed , though , when a bright , attractive young woman punctuates her every sentence with a four - letter word . Other women ...
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... sexual slurs . Like other kinds of obscenity , they stem from fear and ambivalence . An insecure individual easily feels threatened by differences in appearance and behavior ; his instinctive defense , often , is foul language . Such ...
... sexual slurs . Like other kinds of obscenity , they stem from fear and ambivalence . An insecure individual easily feels threatened by differences in appearance and behavior ; his instinctive defense , often , is foul language . Such ...
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... sexual matters he will usually be expected to take the initiative and to perform . If he does not , he will be labeled impotent . This word , writes Gold- berg , " is clearly sexist because it implies a standard of acceptable masculine ...
... sexual matters he will usually be expected to take the initiative and to perform . If he does not , he will be labeled impotent . This word , writes Gold- berg , " is clearly sexist because it implies a standard of acceptable masculine ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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