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67-602: John David McAfee ( / ˈ m æ k ə f iː / MAK -ə-fee ; 18 September 1945 – 23 June 2021) was a British and American computer programmer , businessman, and two-time presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020 . In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software , founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in
134-526: A blog so he could write about his experience while on the run. He then appeared publicly in Guatemala City , where he unsuccessfully sought political asylum . On 5 December 2012, he was arrested for illegally entering Guatemala. Shortly afterward, the board reviewing his asylum plea denied it and he was taken to a detention center to await deportation to Belize. On 6 December 2012, Reuters and ABC News reported that McAfee had two minor heart attacks in
201-483: A flight simulator . Simple programs can be written in a few hours. More complex ones may require more than a year of work, while others are never considered 'complete' but rather are continuously improved as long as they stay in use. In most cases, several programmers work together as a team under a senior programmer's supervision. Programming editors, also known as source code editors , are text editors that are specifically designed for programmers or developers to write
268-560: A bid for president of the United States in the 2016 presidential election , as the candidate of a newly formed political party called the Cyber Party. On 24 December 2015, he re-announced his candidacy bid saying that he would instead seek the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party . On the campaign trail, he consistently polled alongside the party's other top candidates, Gary Johnson and Austin Petersen . The three partook in
335-582: A cardboard box over his head. Belize's prime minister, Dean Barrow , called him "extremely paranoid, even bonkers". He fled Belize rather than cooperate. In December 2012, the magazine Vice accidentally gave away McAfee's location at a Guatemalan resort, when a photo taken by one of its journalists accompanying him was posted with the EXIF geolocation metadata still attached. While in Guatemala , McAfee asked Chad Essley, an American cartoonist and animator, to set up
402-450: A demand for software. Many of these programs were written in-house by full-time staff programmers; some were distributed between users of a particular machine for no charge, while others were sold on a commercial basis. Other firms, such as Computer Sciences Corporation (founded in 1959), also started to grow. Computer manufacturers soon started bundling operating systems , system software and programming environments with their machines;
469-415: A doctorate in mathematics at Northeast Louisiana State College , but was expelled in about 1968 because of a relationship with an undergraduate student, who became his first wife. McAfee was employed as a programmer by NASA from 1968 to 1970. From there, he went to Univac as a software designer, and later to Xerox as an operating system architect. In 1978, he joined Computer Sciences Corporation as
536-421: A further decline of -9 percent from 2019 to 2029, a decline of -10 percent from 2021 to 2031. and then a decline of -11 percent from 2022 to 2032. Since computer programming can be done from anywhere in the world, companies sometimes hire programmers in countries where wages are lower. However, for software developers BLS projects for 2019 to 2029 a 22% increase in employment, from 1,469,200 to 1,785,200 jobs with
603-542: A joint-venture called Innovative Banking Solutions AG in Wiesbaden , Germany, to market their newly developed SAP solution for mortgage companies. Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California . On March 29, 2008, the corporate headquarters of the company were relocated from El Segundo , California, to Falls Church , Virginia . CSC had been a Fortune 500 Company since 1995, coming in at 162 in
670-402: A lack of general interest in science and mathematics and also out of an apparent fear that programming will be subject to the same pressures as manufacturing and agriculture careers. For programmers, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Outlook originally predicted a growth for programmers of 12 percent from 2010 to 2020 and thereafter a decline of -7 percent from 2016 to 2026,
737-414: A median base salary of $ 110,000 per year. This prediction is lower than the earlier 2010 to 2020 predicted increase of 30% for software developers. Though the distinction is somewhat ambiguous, software developers engage in a wider array of aspects of application development and are generally higher skilled than programmers, making outsourcing less of a risk. Another reason for the decline for programmers
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#1733114632319804-465: A parody video titled How to Uninstall McAfee Antivirus onto his YouTube channel. In it, he critiques the antivirus software while snorting white powder and being stripped by scantily clad women. It received ten million views. He told Reuters the video was meant to ridicule the media's negative coverage of him. A spokesman for McAfee Inc. called the video's statements "ludicrous". Also in 2013, McAfee founded Future Tense Central, which aimed to produce
871-409: A programmer, although professional certifications are commonly held by programmers. Programming is considered a profession . Programmers' work varies widely depending on the type of business for which they are writing programs. For example, the instructions involved in updating financial records are very different from those required to duplicate conditions on an aircraft for pilots training in
938-648: A programmer. Generally, a programmer writes code in a computer language and with an intent to build software that achieves some goal . Sometimes a programmer or job position is identified by the language used or target platform. For example, assembly programmer , web developer . The job titles that include programming tasks have differing connotations across the computer industry and to different individuals. The following are notable descriptions. A software developer primarily implements software based on specifications and fixes bugs . Other duties may include reviewing code changes and testing . To achieve
1005-470: A provider of technology-enabled solutions for the service-management sector during the month. In November 2015, CSC agreed to acquire the shares of UXC , an IT services company based in Australia in a deal valued at A$ 427.6 million ( US$ 309 million ). In December 2015, business technology and services provider, Xchanging , agreed to be purchased by CSC. In February 2016, CSC announced it
1072-789: A secure computer network device called the D-Central. By 2016, it was also an incubator . In February 2014, McAfee announced Cognizant, an application for smartphones which displays information about the permissions of other installed applications. In April 2014, it was renamed DCentral 1, and an Android version was released for free on Google Play . At the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas in August 2014, McAfee warned people not to use smartphones, suggesting apps are used to spy on clueless consumers who do not read privacy user agreements. In January 2016, he became
1139-452: A serious flaw in the Android architecture." McAfee moved MGT into the mining of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies , both to make money for the company, and to increase MGT's expertise in dealing with blockchains , which he thought was important for cybersecurity. In August 2017, McAfee stepped down as CEO, instead serving as MGT's "chief cybersecurity visionary." In January 2018, he left
1206-556: A software consultant. He worked for consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton from 1980 to 1982. In 1986, while employed by Lockheed , he read about the Brain computer virus made for the PC, and he found it terrifying. Sensing a business opportunity, he went about creating an antivirus software that could detect the computer virus and remove it automatically. In 1987, McAfee created McAfee Associates Inc. to sell this software, which he named VirusScan. This
1273-438: A team of programmers, communicating with customers, managers and other engineers, considering system stability and quality, and exploring software development methodologies. Sometimes, a software engineer is required to have a degree in software engineering, computer engineering , or computer science. Some countries legally require an engineering degree to be called engineer . British countess and mathematician Ada Lovelace
1340-444: A technology holding company . It initially said it would rename itself John McAfee Global Technologies, although this plan was abandoned due to a dispute with Intel over rights to the "McAfee" name. He changed MGT's focus from social gaming to cybersecurity, saying "anti-virus software is dead, it no longer works", and that "the new paradigm has to stop the hacker getting in" before they can do damage. The first product for this purpose
1407-650: A tweet on 4 March 2020, McAfee simultaneously suspended his 2020 presidential campaign, endorsed Vermin Supreme , and announced his campaign for the Libertarian Party vice presidential nomination. The next day, he returned to the presidential field, reversing the suspension of his bid, as "No one in the Libertarian Party Would consider me For Vice President." The next month, he endorsed Adam Kokesh and became Kokesh's vice-presidential candidate, while still seeking
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#17331146323191474-409: A working, program-controlled, electronic computer. From 1943 to 1945, per computer scientist Wolfgang K. Giloi and AI professor Raúl Rojas et al., Zuse created the first, high-level programming language , Plankalkül . Members of the 1945 ENIAC programming team of Kay McNulty , Betty Jennings , Betty Snyder , Marlyn Wescoff , Fran Bilas and Ruth Lichterman have since been credited as
1541-633: A year. The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1992, and had its initial public offering the same year. In August 1993, McAfee stepped down as chief executive and remained with the company as the chief technical officer. He was succeeded by Bill Larson. In 1994 he sold his remaining stake in the company. He had no further involvement in its operations. After various mergers and ownership changes, Intel acquired McAfee in August 2010. In January 2014, Intel announced that McAfee-related products would be marketed as Intel Security. McAfee expressed his pleasure at
1608-485: Is forcing you to buy anything or to choose one person over another. So why should I be forced to do anything if I am not harming you? It's my choice to sell, your choice to buy." McAfee contended that taxes were illegal, and claimed in 2019 that he had not filed a tax return since 2010. He referred to himself as "a prime target" of the Internal Revenue Service . In July 2017, McAfee predicted on Twitter that
1675-511: Is often considered to be the first computer programmer. She authored an algorithm , which was published in October 1842, for calculating Bernoulli numbers on the Charles Babbage analytical engine . Because the machine was not completed in her lifetime, she never experienced the algorithm in action. In 1941, German civil engineer Konrad Zuse was the first person to execute a program on
1742-548: Is their skills are being merged with other professions, such as developers, as employers increase the requirements for a position over time. Then there is the additional concern that recent advances in artificial intelligence might impact the demand for future generations of Software professions. As of 2024 in Japan , the demand for programmers is increasing rapidly. Numerous programming schools have opened to meet this demand, including TechAcademy , Tech i.s. and NinjaCode . On
1809-498: The Belize Police Department . A GSU press release said he was arrested for unlicensed drug manufacturing and possession of an unlicensed weapon. He was released without charge. In December 2012, McAfee told a Wired reporter that from 2010 to 2011 he had made several posts to the drug discussion forum Bluelight discussing his use and manufacturing of the stimulant drug MDPV under the alias 'Stuffmonger'. As of March 2024,
1876-538: The IBM 1620 came with the 1620 Symbolic Programming System and FORTRAN . The industry expanded greatly with the rise of the personal computer (PC) in the mid-1970s, which brought computing to the average office worker. In the following years, the PC also helped create a constantly growing market for games, applications and utility software. This resulted in increased demand for software developers for that period of time. Computer programmers write, test, debug , and maintain
1943-616: The Spanish National Court authorized his extradition to the U.S. His death generated speculation and theories about the possibility that he was murdered. McAfee's wife, Janice McAfee, said she did not believe McAfee died by suicide. McAfee was born in Cinderford , in the Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire , England, on 18 September 1945, on a U.S. Army base (of the 596th Ordnance Ammunition Company), to an American father, Don McAfee, who
2010-605: The United Kingdom , Germany , Spain , Italy , Brazil , and the Netherlands . In 1967, CSC set up Computicket Corp. to compete in the fledgling electronic ticket market competing with Ticketron but lost $ 13 million and discontinued the service in 1970. In the 1970s and 1980s, CSC expanded globally winning large contracts for the finance and defense industries and through acquisitions in Europe and Australia. In 2000, CSC founded
2077-563: The war on drugs , non-interventionism in foreign policy, a free market economy which does not redistribute wealth , and upholding free trade . He supported abolishing the Transportation Security Administration . McAfee advocated increased cyber awareness and more action against the threat of cyberwarfare . He pushed religious liberty , saying that business owners should be able to deny service in circumstances that contradict their religious beliefs, adding: "No one
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2144-640: The 1960s, CSC provided software programming services to major computer manufacturers like IBM and Honeywell and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with NASA (among others). By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange . By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada , India ,
2211-460: The 2000s McAfee invested in and advertised ultra-light flights, which he marketed as aerotrekking . In 2000 he bought a large property in Colorado and opened a yoga and meditation retreat there. In the following year he authored four books on yoga and meditation. In August 2009 The New York Times reported that McAfee's personal fortune had declined to $ 4 million from a peak of $ 100 million due to
2278-428: The 2012 rankings. In fiscal 2013, CSC acquired ServiceMesh (cloud management) for $ 282M, Infochimps (a big data platform) for $ 27M, 42Six (analytics for national intelligence) for $ 35 million, iSOFT (application solutions) for cash and debt, and AppLabs (application testing) for $ 171M. In May 2015, CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business. In August, it
2345-477: The Libertarian Party or a separate party that he would create. He later chose to run as a Libertarian. He mainly campaigned for wider cryptocurrency use. On 22 January 2019, McAfee tweeted that he would continue his campaign "in exile," following reports that he, his wife, and four campaign staff were indicted for tax-related felonies by the IRS . He said he was in "international waters," and had previously tweeted that he
2412-437: The Libertarian Party's first nationally televised presidential debate on 29 March 2016. His running mate was photographer, commercial real estate broker and Libertarian activist Judd Weiss. McAfee came in second in the primaries and third at the 2016 Libertarian National Convention . Contrary to his assertion at the 2016 convention , McAfee tweeted on 3 June 2018 that he would run for president again in 2020 , either with
2479-799: The Public Ministry. On 11 August 2020, McAfee falsely stated that he was arrested in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic after refusing to replace a lace thong with a more effective face mask. He later tweeted a picture of himself with a bruised eye, claiming it occurred during this arrest. A photo of the alleged arrest shows an officer with the German word for "police" on his uniform, ostensibly invalidating McAfee's claim of having been arrested in Norway. The Augsburg police later said he tried to enter Germany on that day, but
2546-576: The Stuffmonger account had made 220 posts on the site in 2010 & early 2011. In 2012, Belize police spokesman Raphael Martinez confirmed that McAfee was neither convicted nor charged, only suspected. In January 2014, while in Canada, he said that when the Belizean government raided his property, it seized his assets, and that his house later burned down under suspicious circumstances. On 2 August 2015, McAfee
2613-529: The United States in 2013 while wanted in Belize for questioning on suspicion of murder. In October 2020, McAfee was arrested in Spain over U.S. tax evasion charges. U.S. federal prosecutors brought criminal and civil charges alleging that McAfee had failed to file income taxes over a four-year period. On 23 June 2021, he was found dead due to an apparent suicide by hanging in his prison cell near Barcelona shortly after
2680-516: The chief evangelist for security startup Everykey. In February 2016, McAfee publicly volunteered to decrypt the iPhone used by Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik in San Bernardino, avoiding the need for Apple to build a backdoor . He later admitted that his claims regarding the ease of cracking the phone were a publicity stunt, while still asserting its possibility. In May 2016, McAfee was appointed chairman and CEO of MGT Capital Investments,
2747-537: The companies Tribal Voice (makers of the PowWow chat program), QuorumEx, and Future Tense Central, among others, and was involved in leadership positions in the companies Everykey , MGT Capital Investments, and Luxcore, among others. His personal and business interests included smartphone apps, cryptocurrency , yoga , light-sport aircraft and recreational drug use . He resided for a number of years in Belize , but returned to
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2814-431: The company altogether. Both sides said the split was amicable; he said he wanted to spend all of his time on cryptocurrencies, while the company told of pressure from potential investors to disassociate itself from him. On 13 August 2018, McAfee took a position of CEO with Luxcore, a cryptocurrency company focused on enterprise solutions. McAfee was a libertarian , advocating the decriminalization of cannabis , an end to
2881-465: The company. McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware . He disavowed the company's continued use of his name in branding, a practice that has persisted in spite of a short-lived corporate rebrand attempt under Intel ownership. McAfee's fortunes plummeted in the financial crisis of 2007–2008 . After leaving McAfee Associates, he founded
2948-409: The detailed instructions, called computer programs , that computers must follow to perform their functions. Programmers also conceive, design, and test logical structures for solving problems by computer. Many technical innovations in programming — advanced computing technologies and sophisticated new languages and programming tools — have redefined the role of a programmer and elevated much of
3015-401: The detention center and was hospitalized. His lawyer said he had no heart attacks, rather high blood pressure and anxiety attacks . McAfee later said he faked the heart attacks to buy time for his attorney to file a series of appeals that ultimately prevented his deportation to Belize, thus hastening that government's decision to send him back to the United States. On 12 December 2012, McAfee
3082-462: The effect of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 on his investments. McAfee relocated to Belize in 2009, buying a beachfront property on the island of Ambergris Caye and later also some property near the mainland village of Carmelita , where he surrounded himself with a large group of armed security guards. In 2009, McAfee was interviewed in Belize for the CNBC special The Bubble Decade , in which it
3149-576: The first professional computer programmers. The first company founded specifically to provide software products and services was the Computer Usage Company in 1955. Before that time, computers were programmed either by customers or the few commercial computer manufacturers of the time, such as Sperry Rand and IBM . The software industry expanded in the early 1960s, almost immediately after computers were first sold in mass-produced quantities. Universities, governments, and businesses created
3216-572: The name change, saying, "I am now everlastingly grateful to Intel for freeing me from this terrible association with the worst software on the planet." The business was soon de-merged from Intel, once more under the McAfee name. McAfee founded the company Tribal Voice in 1994, which developed one of the first instant messaging programs, PowWow . In 2000, he invested in and joined the board of directors of Zone Labs , makers of firewall software , prior to its acquisition by Check Point Software in 2003. In
3283-491: The other hand, despite the fact that there are more than 1.2 million programmers in Japan as of 2020, more than 40% of Japanese companies say they do not have enough IT personnel, including programmers; by 2030, the number of programmers will exceed 1.6 million, but about 800 000 people, including programmers A shortage of engineers is expected to occur. Computer Sciences Corporation Computer Sciences Corporation ( CSC )
3350-541: The presidency for himself. At the 2020 Libertarian National Convention , McAfee failed to qualify for the vice-presidential nomination. McAfee was named a defendant in a 2008 civil court case related to his Aerotrekking light-sport aircraft venture and the death of nephew Joel Bitow and a passenger. On 30 April 2012, McAfee's property in Orange Walk Town , Belize , was raided by the Gang Suppression Unit of
3417-404: The price of a bitcoin would jump to $ 500,000 within three years, adding: "If not, I will eat my own dick on national television." In July 2019, he predicted a price of $ 1 million by the end of 2020. In January 2020, he tweeted that his predictions were "a ruse to onboard new users," and that bitcoin had limited potential because it is "an ancient technology." On 8 September 2015, McAfee announced
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#17331146323193484-434: The programming work done today. Job titles and descriptions may vary, depending on the organization. Programmers work in many settings, including corporate information technology (IT) departments, big software companies , small service firms and government entities of all sizes. Many professional programmers also work for consulting companies at client sites as contractors . Licensing is not typically required to work as
3551-483: The required skills for the job, they might obtain a computer science or associate degree, attend a programming boot camp or be self-taught . A software engineer usually is responsible for the same tasks as a developer plus broader responsibilities of software engineering including architecting and designing new features and applications, targeting new platforms, managing the software development lifecycle (design, implementation, testing, and deployment), leading
3618-456: The source code of an application or a program. Most of these editors include features useful for programmers, which may include color syntax highlighting , auto indentation, auto-complete , bracket matching, syntax check , and allows plug-ins . These features aid the users during coding, debugging and testing. According to BBC News , 17% of computer science students could not find work in their field six months after graduation in 2009 which
3685-514: Was Sentinel. Soon after joining MGT, McAfee said he and his team had exploited a flaw in the Android operating system that allowed him to read encrypted messages from WhatsApp . Gizmodo investigated his claim, and reported that he had sent reporters malware -infected phones to make this hack work. He replied: "Of course the phones had malware on them. How that malware got there is the story, which we will release after speaking with Google. It involves
3752-639: Was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services. On April 3, 2017, it merged with the Enterprise Services line of business of HP Enterprise (formerly Electronic Data Systems ) to create DXC Technology . CSC was founded in April 1959 in Los Angeles , California, by Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones . CSC initially provided programming tools such as assembler and compiler software. In
3819-481: Was announced that CSC's Government Service business would merge with SRA International to form a new company — CSRA —at the end of November 2015. In July 2015, CSC and HCL Technologies announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to form a banking software and services company, Celeriti FinTech. In September 2015, CSC closed the acquisition of Fixnetix, a provider of front-office managed trading solutions in capital markets. CSC also acquired Fruition Partners,
3886-481: Was arrested in Henderson County, Tennessee , on one count of driving under the influence and one count of possession of a firearm while intoxicated. In July 2019, McAfee and members of his entourage were arrested while his yacht was docked at Puerto Plata , Dominican Republic , on suspicion of carrying high-caliber weapons and ammunition. They were held for four days and released. Weapons were seized, according to
3953-496: Was going to Venezuela . The IRS has not commented on the alleged indictments. He defended Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara on Twitter, putting himself at odds with Libertarian National Committee chairman Nicholas Sarwark , who wrote, "I hear very little buzz about McAfee this time around ... making a defense of Che Guevara from Cuba may ingratiate him with the Cuban government, but it didn't resonate well with Libertarians." In
4020-547: Was happening to him. In Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee , it is alleged that McAfee may have shot and killed his father, staging the scene to look like a suicide. McAfee received a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1967 from Roanoke College in Virginia, which subsequently awarded him an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 2008. After receiving his bachelor's degree, McAfee began working towards
4087-456: Was moving its headquarters to Tysons in Fairfax County, Virginia . On April 3, 2017, it merged with HPE Enterprise Services to create DXC Technology . CSC once ranked among the leading IT service providers in the world. Geographically, CSC had major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The company operated in three broad service lines or sectors until
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#17331146323194154-558: Was not arrested. On 12 November 2012, Belize police began to search for McAfee as a person of interest in connection to the homicide investigation of American immigrant Gregory Viant Faull, who was found dead of a gunshot wound the day before, at his home on the island of Ambergris Caye , the largest island in Belize. Faull was a neighbor of McAfee's. In a contemporary interview with Wired , McAfee said he had been afraid police would kill him and refused their routine questions and evaded them. He buried himself in sand for several hours with
4221-691: Was released and deported to the United States. On 14 November 2018, the Circuit Court in Orlando, Florida , refused to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against him for Faull's death. McAfee did not appear in court, lost the case by default and was ordered to pay $ 25 million to Faull's estate. Computer programmer A programmer , computer programmer or coder is an author of computer source code – someone with skill in computer programming . The professional titles software developer and software engineer are used for jobs that require
4288-508: Was reported that he had invested in and/or built many mansions in the USA that went unsold when the 2007 global recession hit. The report also discussed his quest to raise plants for possible medicinal uses on his land in Belize. In February 2010, McAfee and biologist Allison Adonizio started the company QuorumEx, headquartered in Belize, which aimed to produce herbal antibiotics that disrupt quorum sensing in bacteria. In June 2013, McAfee uploaded
4355-502: Was stationed there, and a British mother, Joan Williams. His father was from Roanoke, Virginia . In spite of primarily being raised in Salem, Virginia , McAfee said he felt as much British as American. When he was 15, his father, whom a BBC columnist described as "an abusive alcoholic", killed himself with a gun. He had spent his childhood living in fear that a beating from his father could happen at any time and struggled to make sense of why this
4422-458: Was the first anti-virus software brought to market, and one of the first software products to be distributed over the Internet . Initially McAfee did not seek a large userbase of paying users, but rather wanted to raise awareness of the need to be protected from computer viruses. However, by making people fear such malware, he managed to generate millions of sales, and by 1990 he was making $ 5 million
4489-600: Was the highest rate of the university subjects surveyed while 0% of medical students were unemployed in the same survey. After the crash of the dot-com bubble (1999–2001) and the Great Recession (2008), many U.S. programmers were left without work or with lower wages. In addition, enrollment in computer-related degrees and other STEM degrees (STEM attrition) in the US has been dropping for years, especially for women, which, according to Beaubouef and Mason, could be attributed to
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