The Whole Woman is the book that Germaine Greer had sworn she would never write. But, thirty years after the publication of her landmark The Eunuch Woman, the well-known Australian feminist believes that the time has come to recapture her outrage.
Despite a general feeling of satisfaction, which she makes believe that the "women's question" has already been resolved, the truth is that the objectives of what was originally a liberation movement are being lost sight of. Thus, women have been tricked into conforming to a false equality.
The thirty-five chapters that make up The Whole Woman are bound together by passionate rhetoric, sharp and penetrating analysis, and an overflowing sense of humor. Germaine Greer reviews topics such as sex, mutilation, grief, breasts and girl power. With solid arguments, the author shows that, although women have come a long way in the last ...read more
