A man has every season, while a woman has only the right to spring.

Jane Fonda

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Topic

Women and aging Men and women Patriarchy

Speaker

Jane Fonda

Source

Daily Mail

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1989 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Actor Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Fonda, Jane. Quoted in Daily Mail. 13 Sept. 1989.

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Language
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Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

MacKinnon, Catharine A. "Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: Toward Feminist Jurisprudence." Signs. Vol. 8, No. 4, c. 1983.

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Author

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Source
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Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1746.

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