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The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for?

W. E. B. Du Bois
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W. E. B. Du Bois (2012). “Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil”, p.106, Courier Corporation
The world still wants to ask that a woman primarily be pretty and if she is not, the mob pouts and asks querulously, 'What else are women for?