Australian writer Germaine Greer talks about her book 'The Female Eunuch'.
First published in 1970 'The Female Eunuch' the 2,500 copies from the first print run sold out on the first day.
There are millions of women all over the world who say that that book changed their lives because it questioned the whole attitude of the world to women.
Gay Byrne describes the book as a bible of rebellion against the way women were treated in society.
Taught by Catholic nuns in Australia, Germaine Greer points to the influence they played on her formative years.
If it hadn't been for the nuns, I would have streaked my hair and married a stockbroker.
Germaine Greer talks about her brief marriage which lasted just three weeks, feminism and society's attitudeto children.
This episode of 'The Late Late Show' was broadcast on 24 October 1986. The presenter is Gay Byrne.
