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Bell Hooks

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force.

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Bell Hooks is pointing out that many young women mistakenly think men and women earn equal wages. She finds it unfortunate that they don't realize true pay equality has not yet been achieved.

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