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How long does it take to read The Female Eunuch?

Germaine Greer

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer takes about 6 hours 33 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 33 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1970. 357 pages, about 98,175 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 55 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 33 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

When Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch was first published it created a shock wave of recognition in women, one that could be felt around the world. It went on to become an international bestseller, translated into more than twelve languages, and a landmark in the history of the women's movement. Positing that sexual liberation is the key to women's liberation, Greer looks at the inherent and unalterable biological differences between men and women as well as at the profound psychological differences that result from social conditioning. Drawing on history, literature, biology, and popular culture, Greer's searing examination of women's oppression is a vital, passionately argued social commentary that is both an important historical record of where we've been and a shockingly relevant treatise on what still remains to be achieved.

Subjects: Feminism, History and condition of women, Psychology, Social conditions, Woman, Women

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