Women in most countries have not achieved much, because they can't be liberated under the patriarchal, capitalist, imperialist and military system that determines the way we live now, and which is governed by power, not justice, by false democracy, not real freedom.

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Achieved Because Capitalist Countries Democracy Determines False Freedom Governed Imperialist Justice Liberated Live Military Most Much Now Patriarchal Power Real Real Freedom System Way Which Women

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