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At the same time as woman was becoming the showcase for wealth and caste, while men were slipping into relative anonymity and handsome is as handsome does, she was emerging as the central emblem of western art.

Germaine Greer

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