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- ↑ "Feminist movement changed men's lives; NFB film looks at how men deal with feminism". Montreal Gazette , May 8, 1985.
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- ↑ "The Masculine Mystique". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
