What Germaine Greer thinks about happiness

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Writer and academic, born in 1939, whose The Female Eunuch (1970) argued that the consumerist nuclear family represses women and became a founding text of second-wave feminism.

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2 dated positions, c. 1970, in their own words. Our reading of what Germaine Greer has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. c. 1970

   Our readingJoy in the struggle is the surest guide that women are on the right path

   Their wordsThe surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle.

   ↗The Female Eunuch (McGraw-Hill, 1971 US edition of the 1970 book)archive.org All 3 from this book

3. c. 1970

   Our readingSecurity, where nothing can happen to you, is the denial of life

   Their wordsSecurity is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

   ↗The Female Eunuch (McGraw-Hill, 1971 US edition of the 1970 book)archive.org All 3 from this book