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Greer, Germaine |
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Greer, Germaine, 1939–, Australian feminist and writer. She moved to England (1964), earned a Ph.D. from Cambridge, and taught at the Univ. of Warwick (1967–73). Her book The Female Eunuch (1970), an analysis of attitudes toward women and a call for an end to sexual repression, made her a leading spokeswoman for feminism feminism, movement for the political, social, and educational equality of women with men; the movement has occurred mainly in Europe and the United States. It has its roots in the humanism of the 18th cent. and in the Industrial Revolution. ..... Click the link for more information. . She has also written The Change: Women, Aging, and the Menopause (1992). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| You got three whole chapters on the subject, and they boil down to sayin' it can be a good thing to be nihilist if you're a man like Teddy Roosevelt, but always a bad thing if you're a gal like Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer or Kate Millet because then it's "denying nature. As Germaine Greer stated in The Whole Woman, no one ever asked women if they recognize male-to-female transsexuals as belonging to their sex or damaging to their identity or self-esteem. Arguing that Philips was genuinely horrified by the unauthorized printing of her poems in 1663 (something Germaine Greer and others have contested) Beal proposes three apotheoses for Philips, who died shortly afterwards. |
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