Feminism

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  • Germaine Greer
    • Facts
      • THE FEMALE ****** (1970): caused controversy.
      • Specialising in English and Women's Literature.
    • ****
      • **** is not the "expression of uncontrollable desire" but an act of "murderous aggression, spawned in self-loathing and enacted upon the hated other"
      • The criminal justice system system's approach to **** is male-centred and treats females as evidence.
      • She says **** is not the worst thing that can happen to women.
      • If a woman allows a man to have sex with her to avoid a beating, then arguably she fears the beating more.
  • Simone De Beauvoi
    • Facts
      • Significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory.
    • Personal Life
      • She had open relationships, which overshadowed her substantial academic reputation.
      • She never married, had a joint household nor children.
      • De Beauvoi had her license to teach taken off her after she sexually exploited a 17 year old student.
      • She was bisexual, and her relationships with young women were controversial.
    • THE SECOND SEX (1949)
      • "One is not born but becomes a woman"
      • She defines women as the "second sex" as women are defined in relation to men.
  • Kate Millett
    • Facts
    • Feminism
      • She became a committee member of National Organisation for Women
      • She was one of the first writers to describe the modern concept of patriarchy.
      • Millett and Sophie Keir travelled to Iran to work for Iranian women's rights.
      • She was threatened to be put in jail due to her sexuality in Iran.

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