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Tue 10 Oct 2009As adult women, we keep playing dolls
GIVE ME A BREAK:WHY DO we enjoy seeing women as victims? Why are we so much less likely to empathise with victorious women? Every day, women’s victimisation is presented to us for its entertainment value. Women have their lives dissected and analysed far more often than men do and, with a disturbing regularity, women even volunteer for it.
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