{"id":1498,"date":"2011-06-18T12:46:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2011-06-18T12:46:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T18:46:27","slug":"m-or-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/peace\/m-or-f\/","title":{"rendered":"M or F?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nature doesn&#8217;t draw a clear gender line. 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