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Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw this as the undermining of our civilisation and the end of the state and marriage were right after all it is time for the demolition to begin.

Germaine Greer

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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
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