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I would never use my femininity to get a story that a man could not get.
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The speaker says she would not rely on being a woman to obtain a story unavailable to a man. She treats femininity as something that should not provide special access or an advantage in reporting. The point is about refusing to use gender as leverage, not about denying that gender may affect how people are treated.
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