Complex sentence: It was also seen by many, including Greer herself, as a distraction from the cause of women's "liberation" and, by the 1980s, the American singer Madonna had turned the bra into a positive, even provocative, fashion statement.
Split into simpler sentences: It was also seen by many, including Greer herself, as a distraction from the cause of women's "liberation". By the 1980s, the American singer Madonna had turned the bra into a positive, even provocative, fashion statement.