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But women have lust, too. Why should they be relegated to the position of custodian of emotions, watcher of the infants, feeder of the soul, body and pride of man?

But women have lust, too. Why should they be relegated to the position of custodian of emotions, watcher of the infants, feeder of the soul, body and pride of man?

Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern

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Sylvia Plath
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1932 to 1963; Wikidata Q133054, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133054 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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