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An essay from Young and Feminist, a collection of feminist essays by high school students To be a woman in the classroom is to be a paradox. A weird cohesion of wanting to learn about your passions yet being scared to voice what you know. Fear and knowledge both present, but never coexisting. This paradox follows us around every day. It is dangerous and it can inhibit us from going after what we really want. Female classmates, myself included, often preface a very correct ans