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Reading The Female Eunuch in midlife after 8 years of marriage....

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tootsietoo · 24/03/2013 17:26

....not a good idea is it really? I'm on the "Misery" and "Resentment" chapters at the moment, so perhaps it gets better. I'm hoping for some helpful ideas at the end!

Two people have used the same phrase when I've mentioned it to them - life changing. When did you read it for the first time, and did it change your life?

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LaurieFairyCake · 24/03/2013 20:21

What was her stance on transsexuals?

AKissIsNotAContract · 24/03/2013 20:19

I read the female eunuch when I was 17. It definitely shaped my feminist principles. The whole woman came out when I was around that age too, although I didn't agree with Greer's stance on transsexuals (and still don't)

k2togm1 · 24/03/2013 20:15

Is it still relevant? How do you feel about her discrimination for transgender and homosexuality? I haven't read it, just been put off by reviews!

TheAccidentalEgghibitionist · 24/03/2013 20:04

I read it when I was 20 and it was life changing for me.
I haven't reread it so I don't know how it's stood the test of time but I found GG to be such a powerful inspiring voice.
Might reread it now!

Zatopek · 24/03/2013 20:04

I read it when I was late 20s. Shortly afterwards I got out of a relationship I had been in for several years. It was pre DC.

It certainly gave me a wake up call.

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tootsietoo · 24/03/2013 19:59

Blissful ignorance is easier!

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UptoapointLordCopper · 24/03/2013 18:51

I haven't read it, but I've just read Delusions of Gender and it's making me see discriminations and social conditioning and strange assumptions everywhere and I have also harangued a good few friends about it since. May well read Female Eunuch at some point and become even more popular ...