Germaine Greer

Reviving the debate she launched with The Female Enuch, in 35 self-contained chapterkins of fiery rhetoric, authoritative insight, outrageous humor, and broad-ranging inquiry, Germaine Greer once again sets the agenda for the future of feminism, arguing that in spite of a widespread feeling of complacency, the woman …

The Female Eunuch is a 1970 book by Germaine Greer that became an international bestseller and an important text in the feminist movement. The main thesis of the book is that the "traditional" suburban, consumerist, nuclear family represses women sexually, and that this devitalises them, rendering them eunuchs. The …