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[[Image:Braque woman 400pix.jpg|thumb|200px|''Woman with a guitar'' by [[Georges Braque]], 1913.]]
'''Feminism''' is an ideology that causes an alienation in affection by women for men. Feminism denies or downplays differences between men and women, feminism opposes homemaking, child-rearing, and [[homeschooling]] by women, and feminism promotes participation by women in predominantly male activities. Most prominent modern feminists support [[abortion]].

On a personal level feminism can disrupt marriages, relationships, child-rearing, education and the workplace. The feminist ideology is particularly dominant in elite universities, many large corporations, and competitive women's team sports.

Feminism was originally an expression used by [[suffragettes]] - who were predominantly [[pro-life]]<ref>[http://www.godlessprolifers.org/library/wallace4.html ''Susan B. Anthony opposed abortion'']</ref><ref>''"There is no question that she deplored the practice of abortion, as did every one of her colleagues in the suffrage movement."'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/opinion/13schiff.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ''Desperately Seeking Susan''] [[New York Times]] (13 October 2006)</ref><ref>[http://www.feministsforlife.org/history/foremoth.htm ''Voices of our Feminist Foremothers''] Feminists for Life</ref>- to obtain the right for women to vote in the early 1900s in the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. By the 1970s, however, [[liberals]] had changed the meaning to represent people who favored [[abortion]] and identical roles or quotas for women in the military and in society as a whole. Today, some feminists are enforcers of [[liberal censorship]] and [[political correctness]], at the expense of [[free speech]].

Most modern feminists:

* prefer that women wear pants rather than dresses, presumably because men do<ref>"[T]he wearing of pantsuits is often a useful feminism signifier, depending on the culture of the law firm." [http://feministlawprofs.law.sc.edu/?p=2640]</ref><ref>"I was part of a growing tribe of pesky women called feminists by friends and enemies alike. We women stormed out the door in our imitation men's suits ...." [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?k=60432&id=3b3c71f6-0d7d-4e1a-b8fb-cf8d5b1af478]</ref>
* do not want gender equality; they want power for the female left<ref> [http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2011/feb11/11-02-11.html Phyllis Schlafly, "Feminism Has Become a Hot Topic"]</ref>
* in movies, portray the men as inherently evil, dumb or incompetent, and the women as inherently good, smart or competent (note that this conflicts with gender equality) [Citation needed]
* pretend that there are no meaningful differences between men and women when that advances [[liberal]] causes (e.g., women and men equally in military combat, to weaken the U.S. military), but reject equality when that results in more money to women (e.g., [[VAWA]] funding of women's groups) [Citation needed]
* oppose [[chivalry]] and even feign insult at harmless displays of it (see battle between the sexes) [Citation needed]
* view traditional [[marriage]] as unacceptably patriarchal [Citation needed]
* belittle and mock other women who desire to have children or raise a family<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/etc/03261992.html Nightline Transcripts, "Making Hillary Clinton an Issue"], [[PBS]]</ref><ref> "Being a [[housewife]] is an illegitimate profession... The choice to serve and be protected and plan towards being a family-maker is a choice that shouldn't be. The heart of [[radical feminism]] is to change that." - Vivian Gornick, University of Illinois, "The Daily Illini," April 25, 1981. [http://www.ladiesagainstfeminism.com/artman/publish/LAF_Theme_Articles_13/You_Don_t_Know_Feminism_744100744.shtml "You Don't Know Feminism"] </ref>
* shirk traditional gender activities, like baking<ref>"But sometime between the Ides of March and Canada Day, I remembered that I'd given up baking cookies as a political act in 1975. ... No self-respecting feminist could be found in the company of cookie dough." [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?k=60432&id=3b3c71f6-0d7d-4e1a-b8fb-cf8d5b1af478]</ref>
* support [[affirmative action]] for women [Citation needed]
* advocate for [[women in combat]] in the military just like men, and coed submarines [Citation needed]
* refuse to take her husband's last name when marrying<ref>[http://www.salon.com/2003/10/16/names_2/ Mrs. Feminist ]: "(Almost half the married women in the Harvard-Radcliffe class of 1990 kept or hyphenated their names.) If you read the New York Times wedding pages, and shut up, you do, the phrase 'the bride, who is keeping her name' seems like the norm, unless his name is Rockefeller.</ref>
* believe marriage implies female servitude when it is in fact a mutual bond [Citation needed]
* distort historical focus onto female figures, often overshadowing important events (Eg: Henry VIII's wives take precedence in common knowledge to his actual reign.) [Citation needed]
* often condemn the God-given order of gender roles, as laid out in the Holy [[Bible]] [Citation needed]
* object to being addressed as "ma'am," or feminine nicknames such as "sweetheart" or "honey";<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-06-19/news/0906180620_1_sen-barbara-boxer-ma-am-state-condoleezza-rice Sen. Barbara Boxer: No ma'am references, please], [[Chicago Tribune]]</ref> object to other female-only names, such as "temptress"
* take offense at grammatical rules of the English language, like using the pronoun "he" when referring to a hypothetical/anonymous person, or phrases like 'fireman' and 'stewardess.' [Citation needed]
* support the [[homosexual agenda]] [Citation needed]
* push propaganda that implies that women weren't allowed to be granted an education until the 1960s, and all education beforehand was granted solely to "rich white males." [Citation needed]

==History==
Roots of the movement in the United States and the United Kingdom include the [[suffrage|Women's Suffrage]] movement of the early 1900s and the Women's Liberation (or "Second Wave Feminist") movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Second Wave Feminism had its roots from [[Betty Friedan]] and [[Simone de Beauvoir]], who both advocated for the abolition of the career of housewife with the false implication that it was comparable to a Nazi concentration camp or a parasite.

The [[Equal Rights Amendment]], which proponents claimed would address the inadequacies of the [[Fourteenth Amendment]] concerning women and citizenship, was proposed in the US in 1923. The amendment passed Congress in 1972 but was ultimately defeated, falling just three states short of the required [[three-quarters majority]] on June 30, 1982. Some conservatives, particularly [[Phyllis Schlafly]], felt that its passage would entail adverse consequences, including making girls subject to the [[military draft]], requiring taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], the end of [[single-sex schools]] and classes, requiring the issuance of [[homosexual marriage]] licenses, and the revocation of laws that protect women in dangerous jobs, such as factory or mining work. Indeed, in states that passed their own versions of ERA, several of these results were subsequently ordered by courts.<ref>For example, the [[Hawaii]] and [[Massachusetts]] Supreme Courts ordered the issuance of homosexual marriage licenses based in part on their on their state ERAs, and the [[New Mexico]] Supreme Court ordered taxpayer-funded [[abortion]] based on its state ERA.</ref>

The feminist movement in the West evolved in the 1980s with the rise of so-called [[Post-Feminism]] (also called "[[Third-Wave]]" feminism), which stresses that women have many rights that go unrecognized, often by women themselves, in everyday life, and in the [[Critical legal studies|American legal structure]]. Most members of the feminist movement support reproductive rights currently guaranteed by American law, including the legal right to [[abortion]]. This stance is opposed by many conservatives.

Leading political commentator [[Rush Limbaugh]] to coin the term "Femi-nazis" to refer to extreme feminist activists.

One of the major features of feminism prior to the 1990s was opposition to women being treated as [[sex objects]]. However, feminists today support women being sex objects, viewing it as a means of empowerment over the traditional [[Judeo-Christian]] family structure and [[conservative values]]. Continuing this same promotion of [[liberalism]] and [[anti-Christian]] values, feminists today treat [[Women's rights and Islam|Islam's cruel treatment of women]] as a matter of "personal choice".

During the administration of [[Bill Clinton]], feminism made a partial resurgence, although feminist leadership was criticized{{who}} for largely failing to criticize President Clinton's [[sexist]] behavior toward female employees as both Arkansas Governor and U.S. President.<ref>Odone, Christina [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article528875.ece ''Left-wing misogyny is alive and well: The party’s feminist agenda allows Labour men to get away with sexist behaviour''] (2 June 2005) [[The Times]]</ref><ref>Jackson, Candice E. ''"Their Lives: The Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine"'' (World Ahead Publishing; 2005) ISBN 0-9746-7013-8</ref>

Dr. [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], a staunch advocate of [[civil rights]] and [[non-violence]] said, "When a mother has to work she does violence to motherhood by depriving her children of her loving guidance and protection." <ref>''Stride Toward Freedom : The Montgomery Story'', Martin Luther King, Jr., Harper and Rowe, New York, 1958, p. 203.</ref>

Larrey Anderson, philosopher, writer and submissions editor for American Thinker, links feminism to Marxism, and concludes, "Feminism by grounding itself in the philosophy of Hegel and [[Marxism|Marx]], is condemning women to a new servitude: slavery to the state."<ref>Larrey Anderson, ''The Feminine Mistake'', American Thinker], November 29, 2009</ref>

==Feminism and reason==

''See also:'' [[Liberals and reason]]

{{quotebox|“Our culture, including all that we are taught in schools and universities, is so infused with patriarchal thinking that it must be torn up root and branch if genuine change is to occur. Everything must go - even the allegedly universal disciplines of logic, mathematics and science, and the intellectual values of objectivity, clarity and precision on which the former depend.” — Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge, Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women’s Studies, (New York Basic Books, 1994), p.116 [http://endofmen.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/why-feminism-is-a-fraud/] }}

==Quotations==

See [[Quotations about Feminism]]

== Atheist movement, feminism and dissension ==

Although politically, most [[atheists]] are liberals, the [[atheist population]] has a significant gender imbalance and most atheists are males (see: [[Atheism and women]] and [[Atheism and politics]]).

Within the [[atheist movement]] post [[New Atheism]] and the [[Elevatorgate]] controversy, there has been a lot of conflict between [[Atheism|atheists]] concerning feminism. One of the results of the conflict was the new atheist [[Richard Dawkins]] losing a lot of public support and support among the irreligious (see: [[Richard Dawkins' loss of influence]]).

==See also==
*[[Anti-Feminism]]
*[[Feminism and housewives]]
*[[Feminist style]]
*[[Gender equality]]
*[[Gender police]]
*[[Feminists for Life]]
*[[Feminism and reason]]
*[[Feminist hypocrisy]]
*[[Battered woman syndrome]]
*[[Communism and feminism]]
*[[Feminist myths]]
*[[Feminist nitpicking]]
*[[Feminist quotes about Richard Dawkins]]
*[[Liberal totalitarianism]]

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==References==
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==External Links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi-ftIGVsCI Dana Loesch Rips Feminists] on [[Louder With Crowder]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee_ESpTudus #SJW Feminist Myths Destroyed by Karen Straughan] on Louder With Crowder
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRj2qMLq8SY Feminism & Fat Pride: The Unholy Alliance] on Louder With Crowder with [[Paul Joseph Watson]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYo1ewgG94M The Truth About 'Rape Culture'] by Paul Joseph Watson
*[http://www.feministezine.com/feminist/ The Feminist eZine] Archive of articles about Feminist History.
*[http://www.cia-on-campus.org/surveil/steinem.html Gloria Steinem and the CIA], ''The New York Times'', February 21, 1967.
*[http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg02217.html Inside the CIA with Gloria Steinem], Nancy Borman, ''The Village Voice''.
*[http://www.american.com/archive/2008/march-april-magazine-contents/why-can2019t-a-woman-be-more-like-a-man Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?], Christina Hoff Sommers, ''The American'' March/April 2008.

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Liberal Style

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==Examples of Liberal Style==

The style of a [[liberal]] often includes these basic characteristics, which include techniques to mislead or simply advance self-serving goals:

===General===
#A never-ending craving for attention (e.g., [[Hollywood]] types and politicians [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Chuck Schumer]]). [Citation needed]
#A high word-to-substance ratio, as in using many words to say little of substance (e.g., [[Obama]] and the [[90/10 rule]] here). They constantly feel the need to add unnecessary vocabulary to the dictionary. [Citation needed]
#Interrupt others more frequently than conservatives do, reflecting how liberals rely on [[censorship]] to persuade (as [[Barack Obama|Obama]] and [[Joe Biden|Biden]] did in the debates). [Citation needed]
#Obsession with the media, and even with the few [[conservatives]] in the media. [Citation needed]
#Feign offense as a way to silence criticism, or censor prayer and [[conservative]] viewpoints (e.g., [[ACLU]]). [Citation needed]
#Pretend to know more than one does; [[Isaac Newton]] admitted that he knew almost nothing, yet a liberal pretends to know much (e.g., [[Al Gore]]). [Citation needed]
#Use a [[double standard]]: racial remarks by liberals (e.g., [[Joe Biden]] or [[Hillary Clinton]]) are just fine, but extreme abuse greets any conservative for that. [Citation needed]
#Insist that theories a liberal likes (e.g., [[evolution]], man-made [[global warming]]) are somehow ''objective'' and indisputable "fact", while what a liberal dislikes (e.g., [[conservatism]]) is both ''subjective'' and an "opinion". [Citation needed]
#Unjustified praise of [[atheists]] and other liberals as "geniuses", despite little achievement. See also: [[Atheism and intelligence]] [Citation needed]

Liberal style also manifests itself in various ways in relation to these broad categories:

===Conservatism===
#Calling conservative free speech "hate" speech <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Conservapedia_talk:Deletion_Policy&rcid=279869 Before the article was deleted, it said "New page: [[American Taliban]] You site is nothing but a Democratic hate site".</ref>
#Calling conservative humor "unprofessional and meaningless, and degrades the quality of your encyclopedia." <ref>--Tmcfulton 17:36, 13 November 2007 (EST) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#Democratic_National_Convention]</ref>
#Inability or unwillingness to differentiate between genuine conservative arguments and parodies of conservative arguments. [Citation needed]
#Attempting to portray [[conservatives]] as callous or uncaring; bait them into making insensitive remarks; falsely describing them as angry. [Citation needed]
#Calling others "extremist" or "racist". [Citation needed]
#[[Bully]]ing conservatives who disagree with liberal views. [Citation needed]
#Believing that [[conservatives]] will fail, and refusing to accept when they succeed, as when [[George W. Bush]] won in 2000. [Citation needed]

===Debate and rhetorical tactics===
#Demands answers to questions, but after receiving answers then the liberal himself tries to avoid answering similar questions<ref>See, e.g., the stunt pulled by [[Clarence Darrow]] in the [[Scopes Trial]].</ref>
#Demands proof from a conservative about their comments (because the liberal is typically too lazy to do their own research), but when the conservative provides that concrete proof to back his comments, the liberal then ignores or refuses to read the proof and proceeds to make a fool of himself by claiming (without having even seen the proof) that the conservative "has no proof" or "made it up" (despite the proof coming from legitimate sources not tainted by [[liberal bias]]) because the liberal did not like being exposed to the truth and chose to continue believing the lie.
#Refuses to admit the truth in debate, even if a conservative compromises in a conciliatory manner
#Resorts to bringing religion into a political discussion to use against a conservative opponent when the liberal feels they are losing the argument.
#Like to use the phrase "reflects poorly on the site" when talking about the liberal articles on Conservapedia <ref>do a search on [[Special:Search|"reflects poorly"]]</ref>
#Uses the term "controversial" to describe what he opposes (e.g., [[classroom prayer]]), but not to describe what he supports (e.g., [[theory of evolution]])
#A lack of originality and a predominance of copying and imitating
#Like to use the phrase "Silence Speaks Volumes" <ref>
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/us/28vigil.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/People/U/Urbina,%20Ian New York Times - When silence speak volumes - example]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-lois-capps/when-silence-speaks-volum_b_98601.html When silence speaks volumes], Huffington Post
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/sen-mitch-mcconnell-his_b_38699.html Another Huffington Post example of When silence speaks volumes]</ref>
#Call something disliked a "conspiracy theory," but don't use that term against wacky liberal theories like [[global warming]]
#Respond with "sigh" when presented with repeated examples of harm caused by liberal culture, yet persist in denying the harm despite overwhelming evidence
#Declaring that one is insulted as a response to an argument<ref>"One of [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]]'s most prominent black supporters [Bob Johnson] said Sunday ''he'' was insulted by the characterization by rival [[Barack Obama]]'s presidential campaign of ''her'' remarks about the civil rights movement." [http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/johnson_obama_bet/2008/01/13/64032.html]</ref>
#Insistence on talking more and having the last word in a discussion or debate, or [[last wordism]]
#Over-reliance on accusations of hypocrisy <ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24193 God and the Presidential Election], [[Bill O'Reilly]], [[Human Events]], December 29, 2007</ref>
#Over-reliance on [[mockery]] <ref>Your use of the first amendment sounds like [[Liberal_logic|liberal logic]]. Careful, you're on thin ice trying to utilize that amendment. The only amendment that counts is the second. For the rest of the Constitution, just refer to the Ten Commandments for everything you need to know. --[[User:Jdellaro|Jdellaro]] 14:18, 20 February 2008 (EST) [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&diff=prev&oldid=391932]</ref> <ref>"adolescent berating of Liberals" [[Talk:Main_Page/archive23#Burma|User:Graham 07:47, 23 September 2007 (EDT)]]</ref> <ref>"I would appreciate a little less paranoia'' [[User:Graham|Graham]] 09:07, 23 September 2007 (EDT)
[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Main_Page&curid=45295&diff=298366&oldid=298314#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref> <ref>"IN fact, this should be regarded as 'idiot's style'" Graham 08:26, 23 September 2007 (EDT)
[http://www.conservapedia.com/Template_talk:Examples_of_liberal_bias#Its_just_funny]</ref> <ref>"The toilets overflowed at school today...if only the [[liberal|liberals]] had allowed religion in school, this never would have happened." BillOhannity on October 1, 2007</ref>, even resorting to outright abuse when mockery fails
#Using non sequiturs in argument, such as responding to the point above that liberals over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy by citing an example of conservatives' observing [[liberal hypocrisy]]. But their example does not help their argument. Quite the contrary, use of that example tends to prove that liberals do over-rely on accusations of hypocrisy (relativism). Think about that.
#Draw an analogy between opponents and racists, no matter how illogical
#Deleting a comment, and with it the entire comment thread stemming from it, in an online article's comment section in an attempt to save face if the liberal realizes they have lost an argument they had with a conservative on that thread.

===Economics===
#Support of greater [[nanny state|bureaucratic control]] rather than more [[competition]] to address problems
#An obsession with and exaggeration of artificial scarcity, such as wealth, rather than focusing on creating more
#Using [[hyperbole]] instead of fact-based logic in an attempt to tug at people's emotions rather than appealing to their sense of reason.<ref>[http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/11/30/MNGVNA3PE11.DTL Anti-evolution teachings gain foothold in U.S. schools]</ref>
#Often long-winded and verbose, and in debates liberals often consume more than their fair share of the allotted time, leaving less time for the other side.
'''Education'''
#Believing that the education of children is for liberals to control
#Insistence on censoring certain speech, such as a description of [[The Flood]] or even teaching children about a massive flood, despite its acceptance by a majority of Americans

===Liberalism===
#Virtually never criticize hateful comments or behavior by a fellow liberal
#Ignoring or failing to recognize abstract concepts and denying obvious correlations between liberal beliefs and destructive behavior. eg. [[Hollywood values]] and [[San Francisco values]]
#Denial that people can grow out of a liberal viewpoint, such as [[atheism]]. See: [[Atheism has a lower retention rate compared to other worldviews]]
#Calling the use of the term '''liberal''' when used in a derogatory context "stupid"<ref>"Stop candying Liberal around like that... It just looks stupid." Graham 19:55, 22 September 2007 (EDT) [http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page/archive26#.22General_Betray_Us.22]</ref>
#Will often deny being a liberal, or will claim to be a "true conservative", while spouting liberal and [[Democrat]] talking points and criticizing basic conservative beliefs and principles.
#Often declare that an adversary should be "ashamed of himself," while rarely saying that about a supportive co-liberal (such as [[Ted Kennedy]])<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070930225839/http://www.conservapedia.com/Talk:Main_Page#I.27m_Done]</ref><ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-rnc-scam_us_570e3860e4b08a2d32b86d13?utm_hp_ref=politics "Reince Priebus should be ashamed of himself." -- Donald Trump, April 2016.</ref>
#Willing to give away everything held dear by the majority to avoid serious conflict (such liberals who wish to pull our troops out of Iraq, and embolden the [[terrorist]]s).
#Thinking in terms of what someone likes or doesn't like, or has or doesn't have, or belongs or doesn't belong
#"Contrariness is creativity to the untalented" - Dennis Miller's general observation about liberal behavior.

===Personal traits===
#Unjustified claims of expertise, authority or knowledge
#Deny the obvious and embrace the implausible; see examples of [[liberal denial]]
#Denial of accountability
#Concealing one's liberal views rather than admitting them
#Attempting to appear smarter than others, when often the opposite is true
#Attempting to appear more reasonable than others, when often the opposite is true
#Preference for obscenity and profanity<ref> [http://newsbusters.org/node/11171 When It Comes to Profanity, the Left Can't Help Itself] by [[Matthew Sheffield]] at [[NewsBusters]] </ref>
#Silly demands for apologies.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RPBHO80&show_article=1 Senate Condemns "General Betray Us" Ad]</ref>
#Dismissing legitimate criticism as "a joke" <ref>http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Talk:Essay:Liberal_Style&oldid=266960]</ref>
#Resistance to quantifying things, such as [[liberal bias]] or [[Essay:Quantifying Openmindedness|openmindedness]]

===Politics===
#Believing that bureaucratic honors or appointments are meaningful achievements, as fights over political office
#Attempting to control the definitions of words through [[political correctness]]. For example, referring to [[Israel]] as "occupied territories" or suggesting that Al-Qaeda terrorists in Iraq are not part of Al-Qaeda.

===Religion===
#Hostility to [[faith]]
#Selectively citing the [[Bible]] when convenient, even though they hold much of it in disdain.

===Science===
#Over-reliance on [[hearsay]], such as the false claim that most support [[evolution]]
#Claim that science supports their position, and ignore any evidence that shows their position to be false
#Attempting to control the rules of evidence used in a debate. For example, claiming that [[Young Earth Creationism]] is false, and then refusing to allow supporting evidence by claiming that the scientists are religiously motivated.

===Social issues===
#Can't understand the difference between identity (e.g., color of one's skin), perspective (e.g., Judeo-[[Christian]]) and bias (e.g., [[Bias in Wikipedia]]).
#Denying something widely known to be true but difficult to prove, such as observing that men are far more likely to work in gas stations than women.
#Reluctance to admit that anything is morally wrong
#Insisting on a mindless equality, as in "if you have an entry for [[Beethoven]], then you must allow entries for vulgar rap artists!"

== References ==
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