http://wordie.org/words/vicarious Comments for the word 'Vicarious' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/vicarious#comments "Women all over the world have adopted, often in addition to their traditional accoutrements, four Western conventions: high-heeled shoes, lipstick, nail varnish and the brassiere. The success of all these fashions, which are not even remotely connected with comfort or common sense, is an indication of the worldwide acceptance of the Western notion that the principal duties of women are sexual attraction and <a href="/words/vicarious">vicarious</a> leisure."<br />- 'One man's mutilation is another man's beautification', Germaine Greer in The Madwoman's Underclothes. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:28:46 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/vicarious#comments