3 December 2020 Julie Burchill No one knows ‘men’ as such, any more than anyone knows ‘women,’ and if they do generalise they’re probably trying to hide their own ignorance. You might know one ‘man,’ yes, or even lots of individual ‘men’.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill Being a monarchist – saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another – is just as warped and strange as being a racist.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill Most women are wise to the fact that lots of men love a cat-fight, and thus go out of their way not to give them one.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill No matter how old and glorious the models, sad indeed is the woman who sees fashion as a means of self-expression rather than an agent of social control.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill Make no mistake, most women are well aware that they’ve never had it so good when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely a hair/nails thing, a prelude to an evening of guilt-free fun.
3 December 2020 Julie Burchill ‘Stress’ was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification.
