English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men. Germaine Greer More Quotes by Germaine Greer More Quotes From Germaine Greer The hippie is the scion of surplus value. The dropout can only claim sanctity in a society which offers something to be dropped out of--career, ambition, conspicuous consumption. The effects of hippie sanctimony can only be felt in the context of others who plunder his lifestyle for what they find good or profitable, a process known as rip-off by the hippie, who will not see how savagely he has pillaged intricate and demanding civilizations for his own parodic lifestyle. Germaine Greer ripambitionhippie Bollocks have never frightened me. I'll eat a bollock any time. Germaine Greer frightenedcooking Marriage made more sense when it was indissoluble. It's the woman trying to cope with the strains of a one-parent family who will suffer most from the relaxation of the divorce laws. Germaine Greer divorceparentlaw There have been women in the past far more daring than we would need to be now, who ventured all and gained a little, but survived after all. Germaine Greer littlespastneeds War is the admission of defeat in the face of conflicting interests. Germaine Greer defeatfaceswar We live in a true chaos of contradicting authorities, an age of conformism without community, of proximity without communication. Germaine Greer communicationcommunityage The goal was 'every child a wanted child'; it should also have been 'every abortion a wanted abortion', but the two sides of the phony debate were never to meet. Germaine Greer goaltwochildren The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over. Germaine Greer brotherhood-of-manlovemen It [childbearing] was never intended to be as time-consuming and self-conscious a process as it is. One of the deepest evils in our society is tyrannical nurturance. Germaine Greer our-societyselfevil Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it. Germaine Greer benefitsauthoritypot Awareness of time as flying has some advantages; it precludes boredom, for one thing. It matters little that younger people find older people boring or slow. Older people have a right to resist being rushed, to stand and stare at the fragile world that has become so unspeakably dear to them. For the lucky ones, who will not have to leave while they are still in love with life, there will come a later time when that passion too will fade, but while one is still possessed by that great tenderness, it must be yielded to. Germaine Greer love-lifepassionpeople The occupational hazard of being a Playboy Bunny is the aching facial muscles brought on by obligatory smiles. Germaine Greer bunniesmuscleshazards Rescuing women from their burden of unwarranted guilt is going to require "educational practices and socializing agents" even more effective than the ones that have been relentlessly loading female humans with responsibility for other people's behavior from their earliest childhood. Germaine Greer educationalresponsibilitypractice It strikes me as very strange that whereas Tennyson could support most of Mr. Buckley's propositions about free trade, and the private sector, and private enterprise, Tennyson found no difficulty also in lending intellectual support to the idea of Women's Liberation. Germaine Greer supportintellectualideas The consequences of militancy do not disappear when the need for militancy is over. Germaine Greer disappearrevolutionneeds Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women themselves of the crimes committed against them. Germaine Greer trianglesguilttwo Men have still not realized that letting women do so much of the work for so little reward makes a man in the house an expensive luxury rather than a necessity. Germaine Greer luxuryhousemen No one goes to the toilet in novels. You'd think none of us had bladders. Germaine Greer bladdertoiletsthinking I believe in permanent revolution. Germaine Greer revolutionpermanentbelieve Bringing up children is not a real occupation, because children come up just the same, brought or not. Germaine Greer occupationrealchildren
