Animal Quote by Germaine Greer

“We can put women on Prozac and they will think they are happy, even though they are not. Disturbed animals in the zoo are given Prozac too, which rather suggests that misery is a response to unbearable circumstances rather than constitutional.” quote by Germaine Greer — Download Open image

“We can put women on Prozac and they will think they are happy, even though they are not. Disturbed animals in the zoo are given Prozac too, which rather suggests that misery is a response to unbearable circumstances rather than constitutional.”

Germaine Greer

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Animal Circumstances Disturbed Given Misery Prozac Response Thinking Unbearable Zoos

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