The Whole Woman

Excellent fuel to the embers of feminism that needed to be stoked.Leaves me with hope for an overdue uprising

Every woman should own a copy.

oh yeah that is pretty good book !

(Published in 1999 - fond memories of this book whilst writing an essay on post-feminism) Since writing The Female Eunuch, Dr. Greer is still angry after these thirty-two years--with good reason. In The Whole Woman, Greer carefully and wittily lays out excruciating truths. Women still earn 60% of a man's salary (1999) (October 2007 - latest figures indicate it's presently at 80%) and...more

(Published in 1999 - fond memories of this book whilst writing an essay on post-feminism) Since writing The Female Eunuch, Dr. Greer is still angry after these thirty-two years--with good reason. In The Whole Woman, Greer carefully and wittily lays out excruciating truths. Women still earn 60% of a man's salary (1999) (October 2007 - latest figures indicate it's presently at 80%) and shoulder most of the household tasks including child rearing. When fathers abscond it's the single impoverished mothers who bear the blame for rearing the maladapted children that contribute to the ills of society. Greer also states that the incidence of rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence is much higher than it was thirty years ago. In all cultures, women (especially when pregnant) continue to be insulted, threatened, molested, beaten, raped and murdered by men with impunity. So just how far have we come? Are the starved, hobbled, high-heeled, battered celebrity babes with their lifted faces, tucked tummies and liposuctioned hips our new role models? Has boob inflation replaced bra burning as the symbol of liberation? Erudite, witty and unapologetic The Whole Woman is better than a shot of HRT. Read it and weep!...xx   hide

Challenging, insightful but difficult to comprehend and grasp with certain concepts.

Empowering

Fabulous...when reading it all I could think was yeah Germaine you are so right...so spot on about women's place today and I think every women should read this.....!!!!!!

Interesting read, for sure!

just been reading this again from an academic viewpoint - much is written and some issues discussed that have much veracity but it is a pity that it is so poorly referenced so that her arguments have far too little support. Very readable and topical. Germaine is speaking at the Melbourne Writers Festival in a few weeks and my (feminist) women friends don't want to hear her - it is a pity...more

just been reading this again from an academic viewpoint - much is written and some issues discussed that have much veracity but it is a pity that it is so poorly referenced so that her arguments have far too little support. Very readable and topical. Germaine is speaking at the Melbourne Writers Festival in a few weeks and my (feminist) women friends don't want to hear her - it is a pity that her power of influence is so destroyed.   hide