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AMY THANKS:

My mother, Karen Richards, whom I respect and love, and whose confidence and strength, sometimes in the face of adversity, made me who I amand thus made everything in this book possible. To my auntie, Janet McNeill, whose sense of humor inspires my own. To my friend and colleague Gloria Steinem, whose conviction that everything you do matters made me believe in my own experiences enough to write this book. To everyone at the Third Wave Foundation, but mostly my everyday co-strategist Vivien Labaton, who had to work double time while I worked on this. She made me laugh, cry, think, and angry just when I needed it most. To Marianne Schnall of feminist.com , and to the thousands of people who have E-mailed me at Ask Amy and entrusted me with their stories. To friendsespecially Elizabeth, Michelle, Becky, The Julies, Pilaras well as those listed above, who were patient with me for the entire year that I said I cant, I have to write. They not only understood this but enjoyed the gradual appearance of the book as if it were a new friend brought into the fold. And to those who have nurtured and loved me the most in the past ten years and for a lifetime to come: Peter, Webber, and Beckett.

JENNIFER THANKS:

My parents, Cynthia and David, who manage to be cool, loving, honest, and supportive parents without being my friends and trying to smoke pot with me. My sisters, Jessica (who has the brain of Woody Allen trapped in the body of Cameron Diaz) and Andrea (who has the brain of Annie Hall trapped in the body of Annie Hall), who make me laugh until I am hysterical. My two grannies, Gladys and Effie. My circle of friends, who are really family: Marianne Jensch, Gillian Aldrich, Erin Wade, Jeff Hull, Anastasia Higginbotham, Alexandra Shiva, and the Bars, Bares, Neises, and Needhams. Amy Ray, the most liberated woman I know. And, last but not least, the wonderful Bedbaums: Skuli, Magnus, and BD.