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georgialilyw 's review for:
The Female Eunuch
by Germaine Greer
When I asked for this book for Christmas I just thought it was a classic feminist book, I was unaware of Germaine Greer making transphobic and otherwise problematic comments. Then when I started it, I read some Goodreads reviews and was shocked to see just how much people hated this book, I assumed it was just because of it being about feminism. I'm glad that the copy I received was the 50th anniversary edition, as Hadley Freeman's introduction mentions that not only is this book anti-trans but also has many homophobic and racist elements. I decided to give it a go anyway as I had asked for it in the first place. Every time I found myself agreeing with a point, it would suddenly turn into some rant about why being gay is unnatural or even something about why women are awful, not exactly the empowering if dated book I was expecting. Some parts of the book were reassuring as we are in a different place than Greer was writing this in the late 60s, even if in many ways we haven't come far enough. Though I regret that someone paid for this and I would feel better if I had borrowed it instead, I don't regret reading this book as there is nothing better to strengthen your opinions on a topic than when you disagree with someone.