When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, She lives most heroic, smiling with ruby, moistened lips once her cup of Death is welcome sipped.
I often look to men to model behavior," she goes on after a pause. "Not because I want to squelch what__ feminine about me, but because sometimes I want a little more action, a little less feeling in my interactions. I__e been doing this thing lately where I try to talk slower at meetings. I take a lot of meetings with women and we all talk really fast. But every guy talks so much slower. Maybe there__ a scientist who could tell me why, but I think men are just a little bit more comfortable taking up conversational real estate. So I__e been seeing how slow I can tolerate talking. I__ doing it now. Let me tell you, it__ really hard for me.
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I often look to men to model behavior," she goes on after a pause. "Not because I want to squelch what__ feminine about me, but because sometimes I want a little more action, a little less feeling in my interactions. I__e been doing this thing lately where I try to talk slower at meetings. I take a lot of meetings with women and we all talk really fast. But every guy talks so much slower. Maybe there__ a scientist who could tell me why, but I think men are just a little bit more comfortable taking up conversational real estate. So I__e been seeing how slow I can tolerate talking. I__ doing it now. Let me tell you, it__ really hard for me.
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