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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
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Germaine Greer
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: January 29
Actor
Broadcaster
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Melbourne
Australia
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