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... Girls will be girls , " seldom appears ; when it does , it draws its force from the male version , and is delivered in a conde- scending manner . ) Nevertheless , girl occurs frequently in contexts in which speakers , both female and ...
... Girls will be girls , " seldom appears ; when it does , it draws its force from the male version , and is delivered in a conde- scending manner . ) Nevertheless , girl occurs frequently in contexts in which speakers , both female and ...
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... girls with short hair . ( 165 ) b . These girls liked girls , she realized . ( 462 ) Thus , although both spinster and old maid are often used as euphemisms , both to emphasize the cultural assumption that a woman's only social iden ...
... girls with short hair . ( 165 ) b . These girls liked girls , she realized . ( 462 ) Thus , although both spinster and old maid are often used as euphemisms , both to emphasize the cultural assumption that a woman's only social iden ...
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... girl shrugs , looking puz- zled , and ends the commercial by asking , " How does he do that ? ' ' 11 What each child talks about reflects the experiential spheres of PUD : the girl focuses on nutrition , the boy on baseball . The girl ...
... girl shrugs , looking puz- zled , and ends the commercial by asking , " How does he do that ? ' ' 11 What each child talks about reflects the experiential spheres of PUD : the girl focuses on nutrition , the boy on baseball . The girl ...
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Speaking Freely: Unlearning the Lies of the Fathers' Tongues Julia Penelope No preview available - 1990 |
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