[Enchante]

"The misery of the middle-aged woman is a gray and hopeless thing, born of having nothing to live for, of disappointment and resentment at having been gypped by consumer society, and surviving merely to be the butt of its unthinking scorn."Germaine Greer

Also from your link above - she must be describing her own pitiful life....

[Fred Nerks]

I would like to tell Germaine 'You get what you ask for, you silly old woman!' She spent her whole life putting down the meaning of family. She was one of the instigators of the 'battle between the sexes' - and now she's alone and has no family.

No amount of publicity nor money nor literary awards are comfort in a lonely old age.