Dame Eileen Atkins on one of 'our' Pynchonian topics

[Mark Kohut]

"The Taming of the Shrew' is an awkward play for gender relations But
there are still a lot of women who would marry a man such as
Petruchio, and get treated as Katherina does – and enjoy being told to
go into the kitchen and shut up! I just don't think you can block out
the idea that some women desire subjugation. I'm getting into
dangerous waters here, but the fact that Isis can attract women to go
to a life in which they know they will be totally subjugated, I'm
afraid shows that there is something in the female psyche which
desires that."

Re: Taming of the Shrew. I love Germaine Greer on it, arguing,
Katherine gives as good as she subjugates and Petruchio feels THAT,
ah, humbling?.
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