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Fri 05 May 2004The worst of women, the best of womenLynndie England proved women can be just as sadistic as men - but that doesn't signal equality, Julia Kristeva tells Lara Marlowe in ParisJulia Kristeva fits perfectly one's preconception of a French intellectual, from her student days in the Latin Quarter through the revolt of May 1968 to a plethora of degrees and a flirtation with Maoism, followed by a long career as a much-honoured academic.