| Much has been written about women and women's | | | | whether you agree with their message or not, will |
| issues throughout the ages - by women themselves, | | | | keep track and gauge women's progress.Women |
| and about women by men. Books and poems about | | | | writers have given us bibles, road maps to navigate |
| women's mastery and mystery, their beauty and | | | | the passages of time, how to turn roadblocks and |
| perceived lack of it, the ties that bind them to good | | | | detours into new roads - they have told us how to |
| men, the lies that bind them to bad men. Millions of | | | | avoid crashing. But, men too, often with great sensitivity |
| words have been written about women's tight-knit | | | | and understanding of their subject, write perfectly |
| bonds with other women, their co-dependency on men, | | | | eloquent treatise ode to women. Thus many poets |
| the wondrous bliss and fulfillment of being a new | | | | and authors have played a key role in advancing the |
| mother. Writers throughout the ages have turned | | | | society of women. Others, sometimes unintentionally, |
| ordinary women into legends, pariahs, or superheroes | | | | have aided women's regression. Others still, have |
| being equally vilified, vindicated, or honored in their | | | | elevated women to goddess and queen who rules all, |
| society for their perceived weakness, overcoming the | | | | their mellifluous poems and stories an unabashed |
| odds, or simply because they are beautiful.Significant | | | | celebration of WOMAN. Awestruck they have |
| works of literature by women like Germaine Greer, | | | | created for women's hungry hearts and minds, female |
| who authored a ground-breaking and controversial | | | | characters who like birds on the wing, are fluid, magical, |
| book called The Female Eunuch in 1970, echo still within | | | | flash-dancing bolts of warm liquid lightening whose |
| the hearts, minds, and sexuality of many women over | | | | very existence makes man's world go 'round. And |
| fifty. This one work was so compelling and | | | | writers from every age have felt compelled to |
| controversial that the women of the time were | | | | chronicle that sparkling, and ever so scary dance of |
| confronted with an 'in your face' force that propelled | | | | love and desire, that men and women either wickedly |
| them beyond any place they otherwise would have | | | | or heartfelt, engage in every day of our lives.Literature |
| more comfortably inhabited. Some of them embraced | | | | is the mirror that reflects our society. It is unforgiving |
| the message and passed the passion down to their | | | | and completely accurate. Books and poetry have |
| daughters. Anti-feminist critics accused Greer of being | | | | given us an in-depth exploration of women and their |
| a bitter man-hater. Some feminists accused her of | | | | journey, how they fit into the complex tapestry of time |
| catering to men and castigating women for the sexual | | | | - how far they have come, and where they need to |
| disabilities of society.Many women did indeed rise to | | | | travel next. The written word teaches us that mothers, |
| the challenge of that rallying cry way back then to | | | | daughters, sisters, friends, and life partners make rich |
| break free, to empower themselves! It was called | | | | contributions to their loved ones and to the world. |
| 'women's lib' in those days. But, here we are more than | | | | Through reading, we sense their power and become |
| half way through the first decade of the 21st century | | | | acutely aware of the elegance they possess - even |
| and women have a considerable journey ahead. Still | | | | beyond their own imaginings.Thousands of women |
| women must persist and strive for that peaceful place | | | | throughout the world overcome adversity every day, |
| where their accomplishments are recognized and | | | | rise above their circumstances to create beauty, share |
| ultimately their needs are met - where their souls, spirit, | | | | their boundless love, and lead the way for others. |
| and value as human beings are defined by themselves | | | | Literature records it all. The essence of women |
| and no one else.Today, with the women's liberation | | | | resonates through the poetry and stories of women |
| movement almost entirely demobilized, women's lives | | | | themselves and those who love and appreciate them. |
| are actually getting harder. Social services are | | | | Ample proof that courage, strength, perseverance, and |
| de-funded, wages and working conditions are eroded, | | | | vision can and do change laws, scare the hell out of |
| and women once again are working round the clock, | | | | the powers that be, give children successful role |
| on the job and at home. Ironically, Greer's most recent | | | | models, and ultimately make for a better world. Read |
| book, The Whole Woman, documents this new turn | | | | the books, welcome poetry into your soul, write your |
| and angrily refutes the claim of some feminists that | | | | own story! Because sometimes, putting it in writing is |
| women have achieved their liberation. She states: | | | | the only voice we have that can really be heard.Susan |
| "Fake equality is leading women into double jeopardy. | | | | Dorling is a freelance writer and poet, copywriter, and |
| The rhetoric of equality is being used in the name of | | | | web designer who lives in rural Ontario with her furry |
| political correctness to mask the hammering that | | | | and feathered family of dogs, cats, ducks, and soul |
| women are taking. When The Female Eunuch was | | | | mate, Gary. She writes articles on a wide variety of |
| written our daughters were not cutting or starving | | | | subjects including web design, small business, personal |
| themselves. On every side speechless women endure | | | | development and success, Internet marketing, jewelry |
| endless hardship, grief and pain, in a world system that | | | | collecting, animals and nature, environmental issues, and |
| creates billions of losers for every handful of winners. | | | | pest control. |
| It's time to get angry again." Books such as this, | | | | |