we must begin to distinguish the real from the apparent fre… - Anne Koedt

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we must begin to distinguish the real from the apparent freedom. Radical men may advocate certain freedoms for women when they overlap their own interest, but these are not true freedoms unless they spring out of the concept of male and female equality and confront the issue of male supremacy.

Anne Koedt

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About Anne Koedt

Anne Koedt (born 1941) is an radical feminist activist and author of "The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm", a 1970 classic feminist work on women's sexuality. She was connected to the group New York Radical Women and was a founding member of New York Radical Feminists.

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