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Friday, January 20, 2006 12:00 AM

My life as a man

Dressed in drag, Norah Vincent visited strip clubs and dated women to find out what it means to be a man. She ended up in the loony bin.
By Andrew O'Hehir

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  • Friday, January 20, 2006 08:59 AM

    Is this what it means to be a man?

    Bowling league? Strip clubs? Men's retreat? Monastery? This does not sound like a book about a woman's experience as a man, but rather as a woman's attempt to act out various male stereotypes. Most real men spend very little, if any, time in the above settings.

    —areader

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