An icon is a sacred image that is replicated thousands upon thousands of times, until there is a copy of it exposed and venerated in every room of every home and in every public place. Who is your feminist icon? I am not too keen on the trade in icons, which I think exploits the ignorant and gullible among us. Nearly 30 years after she wrote The Female Eunuch, she has been driven to write another feminist polemic by the complacency of a younger generation of women We asked readers to submit their questions for Dr Greer. Germaine Greer's new book, The Whole Woman, which claims women have settled for a fake equality instead of true liberation, is published next week by Doubleday.
"In view of the reports of the two consultants and Marco's insistence that he wants to continue playing, we're going to sit down with him on Wednesday and try to work out a satisfactory solution for all concerned."Miguel Dominguez, a 19-year-old Paraguayan striker, has joined Middlesbrough on loan.. Now the striker, armed with the diagnosis of Professional Footballers' Association orthopaedic surgeon, David Dandy, claims to have won his battle for fitness.Boro yesterday said they would hold a meeting with Branca today, but the club's spokesman, Dave Allan, hinted that Branca's return to action is not a foregone conclusion."We have received a draft of Mr Dandy's report which isn't inconsistent with the earlier diagnosis from Andrew Weeber," he said. The 34-year-old former Inter player has been fighting against a career-threatening knee injury since April last year, and he has played barely 20 minutes of football over the past 11 months.Boro terminated his contract on medical advice in December after Branca was unable to provide any evidence that his knee would be able to stand up to a return to the top level of the professional game. The Argentinian Roa plays in the European Cup-winners' Cup against Croatian's Varteks, tomorrow while Buffon was watched by a delegation at Bordeaux last night.Middlesbrough will meet the Italian striker Marco Branca today to discuss his determination to return to Premiership action. Roma have already shown interest in him.Manchester United may yet persuade him to stay, but their spies are this week to watch watching the two leading candidates to replace him, Mallorca's Carlos Roa and Parma's Pierluigi Buffon.
The Spanish transfer season does not begin until the summer, with no players able to be bought during the current campaign. Peter Schmeichel hopes his performance against Internazionale tonight will attract attention from a Serie A side interested in signing a goalkeeper for next season.The Dane's scheme, revealed to the Italian press, raises doubts about his original coment that he was leaving Old Trafford because of the "pressure of games".Schmeichel will be extremely attractive to teams in Italy, as he is a free agent and might settle for a one-year contract. If people break the rules in a serious nature, then it is right and proper that the governing bodies look at it.". ATLETICO MADRID are poised to make a pounds 17m offer for Arsenal's French striker Nicolas Anelka, according to Spanish media reports. Atletico have money to spend as they have effectively not replaced Christian Vieri since the Italian moved to Lazio last summer.
Its president, Peter Willis, has welcomed the growing trend for trial- by-television."If the FA and clubs are prepared to accept the use video evidence to exonerate players, then I cannot see the problem in using the same video evidence to show where players have misbehaved when they haven't been seen," Willis said."It is simple justice It is not a question of how you get caught. Everybody saw it on video, but it was not in the referee's report and no action was taken," Vialli added.The man who escaped an FA charge on that occasion was Arsenal's Spanish reserve striker Fabian Caballero, but the FA has used video evidence several times to bring players to book.Le Saux has been involved in at least two other incidents this season, a bust-up with Arsenal's Lee Dixon in August and another at Blackburn - his former club - a few weeks later when both Le Saux and French midfielder Sebastien Perez were dismissed.The Referees' Association has backed the FA's decision to use video evidence. But with a player like Graeme I don't have to say too much."Vialli believes Chelsea can mount a strong defence of Le Saux to save him a possible four-match ban."I'm thinking about the match recently when Arsenal played Preston and one of Preston's players was hit before Arsenal scored a goal. I know from experience that it has been far worse in Italy than it is here. Graeme knows something has gone wrong and he is the first one to admit he has made a mistake, and now he should know what to do if it happens in the future."I cannot say too much to him because I was sent off myself against Blackburn a few weeks ago.