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America's Mata Hari? The Double Life of Esther Reed

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

The Role of Misogyny in Our Cultural Obsessions

CNN's John Sutter says the story of a woman who dated West Point cadets is "a striking cautionary tale" He says it shows how preconceived narrative shapes what we then perceive and pay attention to. Sutter: The presumption that she was only interested in men to extract some value from them plays into various spy movies and TV shows you've seen.

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