Richard Nixon: A Fantasy by David Frye (1973)
“Those miserable women who blame the men who let them down for their misery and isolation enact every day the initial mistake of sacrificing their personal responsibility for themselves.”
— Germaine Greer, book The Female Eunuch
Source: The Female Eunuch
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