Women really must have equal pay for equal work, equality in work at h…

Erica Jong
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Women really must have equal pay for equal work, equality in work at home, and reproductive choices. Men must press for these things also. They must cease to see them as women's issues and learn that they are everyone's issues - essential to survival on planet Earth.
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