The Female Eunuch

The clarion call to change that galvanized a generation. When Germaine Greers<strong>The Female Eunuch</strong> was first published it created a shock wave of r... » 

The clarion call to change that galvanized a generation. When Germaine GreersThe Female Eunuch was first published it created a shock wave of recognitionin women one that could be felt around the world. It went on to become aninternational bestseller translated into more than twelve languages and alandmark in the history of the womens movement. Positing that sexualliberation is the key to womens liberation Greer looks at the inherent andunalterable biological differences between men and women as well as at theprofound psychological differences that result from social conditioning.Drawing on history literature biology and popular culture Greers searingexamination of womens oppression is a vital passionately argued socialcommentary that is both an important historical record of where weve been anda shockingly relevant treatise on what still remains to be achieved. «