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01/28/09

Playing at Truth: Sex, Video Games, and the Biology of Reason

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When the oft cited Simone de Beauvoir wrote her now infamous statement that, "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman" (267), she was questioning much more than "woman-ness". Though I cannot speak to her intentions, nor do I care to, her words exten… more »

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