Rebeca Blackwell
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| Location | Caracas, Venezuela |
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| Introduction | “Anguish is easier than misery. The woman who is married to a brute, a drunk or a pervert has the world’s sympathy as well as masochistic satisfaction. The self-publicizing misery of the abandoned woman justifying her dependence on drugs, drink or sex with strangers by the crime which society has committed against her is not so deeply pitiable as the day-to-day blank misery borne by women who have nothing to complain about. The evidence of this dreary suffering can be found on any aging female face: the wrinkles which disfigure women are lines of strain and depresión, lines of worry, not concerní. Relaxed, their drawn freatures are easy to read, but as soon as they realize that they are being observed they guiltily clear their eyes, raise their chins and affect a serenity they do not feel. The prejudice against revolt or complaint by married women is very strong: public airing of boredom or discontent is deep disloyalty, ingratitude and immorality." The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer |