Feminism
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- Germaine Greer
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- 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.
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- Simone De Beauvoi
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- 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.
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- Kate Millett
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- 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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