December 22, 2005///
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How feminism began — with shopping in the 17th century
Viewpoint by Celia Brayfield
In Stuart England women finally got hold of the purse strings, and they've been loath to let go of them ever since
Shopping is bad for women. It must be true, all the feminists say so. In fact, it’s the one thing they’ve always agreed on. In the first wave of women’s liberation, Germaine Greer and her sisters defined consumerism as just another face of patriarchal oppression, a way of tricking the powerless housewife into servicing the capitalist machine.
There followed a brief backlash,...
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