Gloria SteinemMen should think twice before making widowhood women's only path to power.
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When men say that they don't want to marry a woman who has been widowed, they should take a look at Nelson Mandela. He was married to his wife Winnie for more than 70 years and both were together for half a century before his death. This is the kind of love that men should admire, not reject.
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