"But to be fair, in any covenant and time and in any land and place, has it ever happened that someone was told "my darling…" and she replied "shut up"? If a man doesn't say thousands bad words to a woman and doesn't hurt her, that woman won't give an ugly answer even once."
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Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi
Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi (1858/59 – 1921) was a notable Iranian writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures in the women's movement of Iran.
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