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Women bosses turn into men says Germaine Greer. (2016)

“If you want to make the world a safer, kinder, happier place then simply substituting men with women wouldn’t cut it.”

Greg Hurst
The Times, 25 June 2016
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Having women in positions of power does not make the world better as they “just do what men do”, according to the feminist Germaine Greer.

….She pointed to a target for one third of board members of FTSE 100 companies to be women by 2020…

“…who are they going to be?… They will have been invited to occupy seats on the board. So you can begin to imagine who they are going to be. Are they going to make a difference? I don’t really think that they will.”

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