A Puerile Attempt

Sydney Morning Herald

Friday January 1, 1993

SIR: In response to "Strange creatures" (Letters, December 26) by Gordon Matheson, of Nambour, I say strange creatures, indeed |

While he ponders the mystery of Western women and their use of make-up, and the suggestion that the lack of representation in the art world is due to their absence of talent as artists, he may consider this:

I, as a user of minimal make-up but as an artist of exceptional talent who uses a plethora of paint to create thought-provoking art work that represents our society as it really is, who like millions of women in a male-dominated society which is hell-bent on self-destruction, (suggest) that maybe an explanation can be found in the fact that a male counterpart sans make-up, whose IQ, I suggest, does not exceed my bustline measurement, can manage to get a puerile attempt at psychoanalysis published in a distinguished, prominent newspaper, while I as a woman with an IQ of 150-plus have not had the privilege so far |

Patricia Peartt,

Balmain.

December 27

© 1993 Sydney Morning Herald

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