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Quotes by Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man no society will survive a shortage of women.

Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. Its the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws.

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion.

I didnt fight to get women out from behind vacuum cleaners to get them onto the board of Hoover.

I have always been principally interested in men for sex. Ive always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished Id fall in love with a woman. Damn.

All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man no society will survive a shortage of women.

Women have very little idea of how much men hate them.

Man is jealous because of his amour propre woman is jealous because of her lack of it.

Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves.

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.