Rosita Sweetman, born in 1948, a Dublin-based writer and journalist, was one of Ireland's earliest and most achieved feminists. She is author of the celebrated 'On Our Knees': Ireland 1972, twenty-four profiles of Irish people north and south, and On Our Backs (1979), twenty-seven further interviews that sketch Ireland's changing sexual attitudes in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

This book is more pertinent than ever, because 40 years on, women are still confused about sex and destiny. And fathers still come first – in the political sphere, the artistic sphere.’ – Anne Harris, The Sunday Independent.

Rosita Sweetman, born in 1948, a Dublin-based writer and journalist, was one of Ireland's earliest and most achieved feminists. She is author of the celebrated 'On Our Knees': Ireland 1972, twenty-four profiles of Irish people north and south, and On Our Backs (1979), twenty-seven further interviews that sketch Ireland's changing sexual attitudes in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

This book is more pertinent than ever, because 40 years on, women are still confused about sex and destiny. And fathers still come first – in the political sphere, the artistic sphere.’ – Anne Harris, The Sunday Independent.

Rosita Sweetman, born in 1948, a Dublin-based writer and journalist, was one of Ireland's earliest and most achieved feminists. She is author of the celebrated 'On Our Knees': Ireland 1972, twenty-four profiles of Irish people north and south, and On Our Backs (1979), twenty-seven further interviews that sketch Ireland's changing sexual attitudes in the last quarter of the twentieth century.

This book is more pertinent than ever, because 40 years on, women are still confused about sex and destiny. And fathers still come first – in the political sphere, the artistic sphere.’ – Anne Harris, The Sunday Independent.