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Kara And Simenesh Analysis
I share the same reasoning as Kara and Simenesh that female’s are made of much more than just what society has painted them. As what Simenesh mentions what in African females are basically good for pleasing the men and creating kids but nothing more. I agree that they can do much more than that. This reminds me of what my grandmother tells me all the time that I need to learn how to cook or I would not find a man or that If I do not know how he is going to leave me. She only says this because her marriage was arranged when she was young and did not get that opportunity to education like you believe and I believe that everyone should. It should not have depend on you sex or anything.
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