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

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

Jane Fonda

1989

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Women and aging Men and women Patriarchy

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Metaphor, analogy and simile

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Newspaper

Time

1989

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Jane Fonda

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

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