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October 26, 2011 10:00 am

"To understand gender, then, we must constantly go beyond gender. The same applies in reverse. We cannot understand class, race or global inequality without constantly moving toward gender. Gender relations are a major component of social structure as a whole, and gender politics are among the main determinants of our collective fate."

— R.W. Connell, in The Social Organization of Masculinity

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