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3.38 AVERAGE
3.38 AVERAGE
Asså... oj. Jag har velat läsa den här sen jag var 14 år och såg ”10 orsaker att hata dig” där Kat läste den, men jag är glad att jag inte försökt mig på den förrän nu, 18 år senare.
Stundtals håller jag helt med Greer och jag har läst upp långa stycken för min partner där jag tyckte att hon slog huvudet på spiken, medan andra har jag med stor möda tagit mig igenom. Man får väl betänka att den är utgiven 1970 och att när jag irriterar mig på att den handlar mycket om vad kvinnor ska och inte ska göra medan männen är helt frånvarande så beror det nog mycket på åldern. Jag har stört och irriterat mig på många delar av boken, men ja, med tanke på att den är snart 50 år gammal så känns det mer OK att den är som den är.
Kommer jag läsa om den? Tveksamt. Är jag glad att jag tog mig igenom den? Ja. Avsnitten som heter
”Kroppen” och ”Hatet” tycker jag fungerar bra än idag.
Stundtals håller jag helt med Greer och jag har läst upp långa stycken för min partner där jag tyckte att hon slog huvudet på spiken, medan andra har jag med stor möda tagit mig igenom. Man får väl betänka att den är utgiven 1970 och att när jag irriterar mig på att den handlar mycket om vad kvinnor ska och inte ska göra medan männen är helt frånvarande så beror det nog mycket på åldern. Jag har stört och irriterat mig på många delar av boken, men ja, med tanke på att den är snart 50 år gammal så känns det mer OK att den är som den är.
Kommer jag läsa om den? Tveksamt. Är jag glad att jag tog mig igenom den? Ja. Avsnitten som heter
”Kroppen” och ”Hatet” tycker jag fungerar bra än idag.
I read an ancient, yellowed copy of this I bought for $1 at a used bookstore. This book was hopelessly out of fashion for a while, but people are coming back to it - not just women. Greer is regretfully fixated on Freudian psychology, but it's easy to put that aside and enjoy her wit and brevity.
If you can, pick up a newer copy of this book. Some of the covers publishers have put on it are really eye-opening!
If you can, pick up a newer copy of this book. Some of the covers publishers have put on it are really eye-opening!
The problem with reading a book like this decades after it was written is you aren't a part of that time, and the Female Eunuch was very much a part of that time. Some of it still stands up, but other parts are the statements of a youthful movement, confident in the absolute correctness of its untested positions. Since Greer wrote this, parents have attempted to raise children in a neutral way and seen boys blowing up dolls and girls nursing fire trucks, suggesting things are a bit more complex than one might have thought.
Still, Greer's theory that women are forced into a self-perpetuating mold was a good one, and she makes a strong case that women's limitations are, to a great extent, man-made.
Unfortunately, Greer comes across as the stereotypical feminist, humorless, angry, elitist, and certain to a fault. She wants to upturn society, rewriting economics, marriage laws, and the very concept of love and affection (which she seems to either disbelieve in or disapprove of). She doesn't just hate the way women are treated in society; she hates society and the entire structure of humanity, and would, it seems, throw out every law and tradition in a second if she could.
And this, along with her tendency towards Freudian-style psychobabble (even though she criticizes Freud, the language is of Freud) and the pretentious language of the intellectual makes her increasingly annoying. Ultimately I gave up on the book, because I found it so unlikable.
It was the right book at the right time, and said a lot of things that needed saying. And perhaps only someone as arrogant as Greer could have said it. But it's not something I found enjoyable to read.
Still, Greer's theory that women are forced into a self-perpetuating mold was a good one, and she makes a strong case that women's limitations are, to a great extent, man-made.
Unfortunately, Greer comes across as the stereotypical feminist, humorless, angry, elitist, and certain to a fault. She wants to upturn society, rewriting economics, marriage laws, and the very concept of love and affection (which she seems to either disbelieve in or disapprove of). She doesn't just hate the way women are treated in society; she hates society and the entire structure of humanity, and would, it seems, throw out every law and tradition in a second if she could.
And this, along with her tendency towards Freudian-style psychobabble (even though she criticizes Freud, the language is of Freud) and the pretentious language of the intellectual makes her increasingly annoying. Ultimately I gave up on the book, because I found it so unlikable.
It was the right book at the right time, and said a lot of things that needed saying. And perhaps only someone as arrogant as Greer could have said it. But it's not something I found enjoyable to read.
informative
reflective
One of the most important books for how successful it is in deconstructing gender, showing how women remain under totalitarianism even when politically "liberated", although it's so normalized that very few people notice it and many would think this book is dated even though it's just as applicable at present as ever before, if not more because of how hidden it all is. My only issue is with her idea of revolution, which is not nearly violent enough, but at least she leaves it open-ended for you to decide how to approach it yourself instead of giving the reader bad advice. People love to nitpick at minor flaws in anything feminist while praising works by men that are full of far more glaring flaws.
If not particularly interested in the history of feminist debates, I'd recommend skipping this volume, as there are many others saying much more, much more clearly in way less pages.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
an interesting look into the second wave of feminism. i thought this book could (and should) have been more concise but as a comprehensive demonstration of why women in the 1960s should be liberated it's great.
obviously this is a very pivotal work of feminist theory which im glad to have read but would recommend if you are interested just checking out a couple chapters or sections that interest you rather than reading it cover to cover (like i did).
this book is at its best when Greer discusses how capitalism commodifies the female body and why women are the main consumers as well as making insightful points about how women are forced to operate in a patriarchal society.
obviously this is a very pivotal work of feminist theory which im glad to have read but would recommend if you are interested just checking out a couple chapters or sections that interest you rather than reading it cover to cover (like i did).
this book is at its best when Greer discusses how capitalism commodifies the female body and why women are the main consumers as well as making insightful points about how women are forced to operate in a patriarchal society.
Thought this was interesting then found out the author is a terf
Forty five years ago, a softly spoken Australian published a delicate commentary on the position of women in the existing patriarchal society and how a small movement known as feminism has taken on a second attempt at evening things out a little. In reality this turned out to be a feisty, blunt and uncompromising assessment of where the first wave of feminism has gotten us (and yes I mean us, men as well as women) and where the second wave needs to focus and get changes made (basically everywhere). All done in Greer's now world famous to the point and straight talking wit. No stone or assumption is left unturned, no door or circumstance left unopened and no closet, assumption, opinion or excuse is left un-riffled as Greer not only shows where things were (and are) going wrong but also demands of the reader 'what are you going to do?'.
The subject of this book raises many emotions and responses from anger and disgust to glimmers of hope and optimism, a balance that I feel few authors would be able to manage with the skill that Greer shows in these pages. Having said that there are a few bits that get a little dry and others that are not as relevant as they once were (to me in my current circumstance anyway) and as such these have probably lost some of their impact. However despite the number of years between its original publication and now there is much within its pages that is still relevant if not more relevant today than they were then, making this as much an indictment of both society and the effectiveness of the second wave of feminism as much as it is a stirring call for a complete rethink of society. Be not afraid readers, this does not man-hate, call for arms, encourage war between the sexes, it asks simply for a complete reshaping of society for the benefit of everyone, men as well as women, so lets get to it.
The subject of this book raises many emotions and responses from anger and disgust to glimmers of hope and optimism, a balance that I feel few authors would be able to manage with the skill that Greer shows in these pages. Having said that there are a few bits that get a little dry and others that are not as relevant as they once were (to me in my current circumstance anyway) and as such these have probably lost some of their impact. However despite the number of years between its original publication and now there is much within its pages that is still relevant if not more relevant today than they were then, making this as much an indictment of both society and the effectiveness of the second wave of feminism as much as it is a stirring call for a complete rethink of society. Be not afraid readers, this does not man-hate, call for arms, encourage war between the sexes, it asks simply for a complete reshaping of society for the benefit of everyone, men as well as women, so lets get to it.
Some parts of this were brilliant, others were less so. As a book that I think was aimed at the 'average woman', I found some chapters difficult to parse as they felt weighed down by academic language and theory.
This is a book that is definitely of its time (1970), so there are a lot of references to contemporary media which flew straight over my head.
This is a book that is definitely of its time (1970), so there are a lot of references to contemporary media which flew straight over my head.