A Quote by Erin McKean

You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don’t owe it to your mother, you don’t owe it to your children, you don’t owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked ‘female’.

Erin McKean

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Anyone Boyfriend Children Civilization Co-Workers Female General Marked Men Mother Our Children Owe Partner Pay Prettiness Random Rent Space Spouse Street Workers Your Your Boyfriend Your Child Your Children

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Erin McKean
American - Editor
Born: 1971

Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'

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