Summary: Him: Do you care about offending people? Her: No. Him: But what about people who are offended, do you care about them? Her: No. Him: Some people are offended. Do you care what they think? Her: No. Him: In some parts of the media you're considered offensive, does that offend you? Her: No.

@09kenedy

4 жыл бұрын

Barnabybright 🤣🤣🤣

@chevydude658

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! They keep trying to ram rod and weasel her into being a monster when she just simply speaks her mind. I saw an interview where the interviewer kept trying to make her be a monster that rages against trans people. Blaming her for inciting violence and assigning guilt to her that is just ridiculous. It shows how people that constantly squawk about tolerance and acceptance really can't accept or tolerate that someone doesn't agree with their drama.

@Barnabybright

4 жыл бұрын

@@eblisoshaughnessy8418 No... That's not true though is it?

@moduslive

4 жыл бұрын

Eblis O'Shaughnessy How?

@eblisoshaughnessy8418

4 жыл бұрын

"The Beautiful Boy (or just The Boy[1]) is a book by Germaine Greer, published in 2003. Its avowed intention was "to advance women's reclamation of their capacity for and right to visual pleasure". It is a study of the youthful male face and form, from antiquity to the present day, from paintings and drawings to statuary and photographs. The cover picture caused minor controversy when the subject of the photograph, Björn Andrésen, a Swedish actor and musician who played Tadzio in Death in Venice (billed by the director Luchino Visconti as "the most beautiful boy in the world") stated in the press that he objected to the picture having been used without his permission.[2][3] The book contains some 200 pictures of boys through the ages, and is a history of boys in art. Pictures and discussions range from Cupid to Elvis, Boy George, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison. Greer has described the book as "full of pictures of 'ravishing' pre-adult boys with hairless chests, wide-apart legs and slim waists". She goes on to say that, "I know that the only people who are supposed to like looking at pictures of boys are a subgroup of gay men," she wrote in London's Daily Telegraph. "Well, I'd like to reclaim for women the right to appreciate the short-lived beauty of boys, real boys, not simpering 30-year-olds with shaved chests."[4] She was criticized for these comments with some writers labeling her a paedophile.[5] Germaine Greer responded vigorously on Andrew Denton's television talk show Enough Rope.[6]" -Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautiful_Boy?fbclid=IwAR1b9WojCgy7YOig2T_uCiXHtTj5xau5NXXi4LLh0-xzWZakV6jUOVJRLWE Female Pedophiles: kzread.info/dash/bejne/paCukpqxgMa6mLQ.html

Amazing to think how her views used to offend the most conservative among us, and now they offend the most progressive.

@christinash2235

4 жыл бұрын

Mainstream liberals are the new conservative. Conservative is a socially normative rigid state of mind not an economic position. There's nothing legitimately economically conservative about corporate capitalism.

@christinash2235

4 жыл бұрын

@mikechrishill how is she a fascist? Weirdo.

@Captain_MonsterFart

4 жыл бұрын

Ha, it's true!

@xensonar9652

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, she still offends most conservatives. You only have to attach feminist to a name to offend most conservatives.

@katesteventon5296

4 жыл бұрын

@mikechrishill what a right load of shite 😂

Even in 2023 women's big issues, like their health during pregnancy and menopause, are being neglected and treated as 'natural' and that we have to stand all the pains, the inconveniences that men would never accept for them,, the sleepless nights, hot flushes, etc, etc that we have to put up with, these very important issues for us have to wait to discuss gender. I want more focus on real problems we face every day instead. She is great to put it without being politically correct. She is a hero.

@streamsofsunlight

2 ай бұрын

Here here!

As a young man I have learned so much reading and listening to Germaine on a multitude of topics, I really think voices like Germaine need to be prominent in the way we teach boys how to be boys, now more so than ever.

Nothing about this woman is senile. I see a person with enough time to REALLY THINK. she's brilliant. I'm in awe

@diaperdude6163

4 жыл бұрын

She literally said that CEO's do nothing... rofl.

@liveoak144

4 жыл бұрын

2nd Gen feminist. My generation. Love it.

@diaperdude6163

4 жыл бұрын

@@liveoak144 She claimed that CEO's do nothing... And you wonder why lots of men think women are less intelligent ...

@liveoak144

4 жыл бұрын

@@diaperdude6163 I guess some do, but I have seem plenty who don't do much. If she was right all the time, do you think the world would accept her better?

@Seven_1865

4 жыл бұрын

that's debatable w/ Oli she claimed missing screws in a car are less important than upholstery. Did you even watch this?

In a BBC interview (whose comment section is closed), the interviewer asked Greer if she considered a trans woman a woman. She said no. The interviewer said that the trans woman would be very insulted to hear that. She said: "I don't care, people get insulted all the time." We need to bring this attitude back. We don't have to be dicks to others for no reason. But we must also acknowledge that courtesy is voluntary, not mandatory. If I insulted you, ask me to apologize. If I refuse to apologize--well, that's that and there is nothing you can do.

@paintitblack6728

4 жыл бұрын

@@shaky7924 This what she means about conditioning , weren't you fucking listening !

@delailama736

4 жыл бұрын

Well, there are things I can do like not hang around you or patronize your business or what not. But yeah, telling the government to make you apologize or send you to jail or fine you is disgusting.

@itsnotup2u

4 жыл бұрын

it's channel 4 actually

@vgil1278

4 жыл бұрын

Sanghoon Lee that's just why I'm here. I wanted to express my admiration for this clear mind. I hate it when people can't give their opinion. Why is it so scary?

@itsnotup2u

4 жыл бұрын

@@vgil1278 saying a group of people don't really exist isn't just an opinion tethered to nothing. it is used as a justification for being cruel and existentially threatening to a marginilized group. No one is saying she doesn't have the right to hold hurtful awful opinions, but don't try and muzzle her critics, that is hypocritical.

After a lifetime of depression and feeling like I’ve never met another person who thinks like me, I found Germaine Greer. She is a gift. We need more people like her. She helps explain this insane world.

@theharshtruthoutthere

2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@marymilo9916

Жыл бұрын

Agree x

@theharshtruthoutthere

Жыл бұрын

@@marymilo9916 kzread.info/dash/bejne/maiAtJKRcsm9erA.html Truthful words 100%. It is the world we all live in. kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqth1a6jZ7Cvnso.html

@amandarios448

Жыл бұрын

Saw this video a while ago and this will remain in HISTORY. This woman is one if the Very FEW who spoke what everyone really thinks

@RobespierreThePoof

Жыл бұрын

I have some disagreements and objections, but if I set those aside, I also admire her. I do find that her rhetorical presentation can sometimes be a little too bombastic. It usually works, but sometimes backfires in a bad way. Her attitudes about transwomen, in particular, veer off into vulgarity of a kind that is far too reminiscent of how true misogynists once spoke about women (and some still do, if they are shameless enough.) If she doesn't want to speak about transgender issues, then why does she seem to have so much to say. And whence this apparently unavoidable instinct to, as she says "be insulting" towards them? On a human level, this is a little bizarre. A gentleman at a party I attended once started saying quite hateful things about women - true vulgar misogyny in its pure form - and he concluded by saying, "But I really just don't care that much about women or women's rights. It isn't my thing. There are better causes to fight for." My reponse to him could be the same to Greer speaking about trans people, "If you truly don't care, why have you just spent all this time saying so much about them?"

This is what a feminist was, she's extremely respectful and understanding and she understands how everything is

@songsthatarecatchy

3 жыл бұрын

@Screaming Soldier actually thanks to woke culture and the grip over free speech I can name multiple feminists you may agree with, trust me it fucks my mind up considering I've been anti feminist my entire life.

@Tozzie50

3 жыл бұрын

@@songsthatarecatchy bro thats so cool to see. I was a feminist and Ive just realized how many things are wrong with the mainstream movement, and eventually stepped off the whole train altogether to explore what the "other side" was saying. I felt like an idiot for having been in an echo chamber for so long, lol

@songsthatarecatchy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Tozzie50 stay off that fucking train. Victimhood is not good for mental health.

@bennathan7353

3 жыл бұрын

I thought feminist ment lesbian 🤔

@stefanbrown8176

3 жыл бұрын

@@bennathan7353 that's what I thought aswell

I find it amusing that people see her nuanced views as 'contradictions'. We live in a world of black and white, 5 second sound bites and people can't cope with a complex discussion that acknowledges various perspectives.

@sebastianbooth5659

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, a sensible comment when was the last time I saw that on youtube

@lanabanana68

5 жыл бұрын

indeed.

@tinachristine4573

5 жыл бұрын

You articulate my frustrations with the world today.

@ruthdrynan2353

5 жыл бұрын

Luke Vanni 1

@blueberry7899

5 жыл бұрын

There are contradictions - not all of this is nuanced

Germaine speaks more sense on womens issues than anyone else I've ever heard. Love her honesty.

@smozhright789

2 жыл бұрын

shes great, but is it patriarchy that has removed her from view?

@monsieurhercule

2 жыл бұрын

@@smozhright789 no, it's the trans debate this time. Are they women? kzread.info/dash/bejne/aXZss5h9ZMSchLA.html

@CoyotePretty27

2 жыл бұрын

I loved reading her books. She’s awesome

@redreuben5260

2 жыл бұрын

Human issues 👍

@mern2974

2 жыл бұрын

@@smozhright789 no...trans people

She's just brilliant. Intelligent, unapologetic, and enigmatic. I could listen to to her all day.

@crystalwaters8852

8 ай бұрын

Agreed.❤

@gordeaux2006

7 ай бұрын

I agree so could I

Trans women don't want to talk about menstruating or anything pregnancy related because it makes them feel 'excluded'.

@LEXREY

4 жыл бұрын

Do you really think trans people and specially trans woman are delud about their own genitals? I don't think. When talking about people who menstruate is clearly used to include trans man, it's not that trans woman don't want to talk about pregnancy/menstruation because they feel excluded but more so because when people bring menstruation and pregnancy is usually to implied that trans woman are not "real woman" which I think that if you say that trans woman are not "real woman" you mean "real woman" as cis woman which they're obviously not; they're trans woman and I don't think trans woman say otherwise, anyway, people will always find ways to offend trans woman and disguise it as "concerns" and "facts".

@akankshadash7129

8 ай бұрын

​@@LEXREYThese pathetic trans scoundrels have reduced womanhood to "femininity". With those frilly dresses, blouses and skirts, pinks, laces, pearls, lots of makeup, overplucked eyebrows, hair extensions and false eyelashes.

Have to say, I disagree with the no criminal charges for rape. Rape is a violent act. Rapists tend to escalate. They should absolutely be criminally prosecuted. But, she is correct, the victims are further victimized by the process.

@ritageorge8748

Жыл бұрын

It's the old 60's the skirt was too short&she takes that into it-whether it's said or not

@susanfreewoman3886

Жыл бұрын

@@ritageorge8748 The same question "What were you wearing?" was asked in September 2003.

@bluebellbeatnik4945

Жыл бұрын

100%. Persecute. The men should get close to life.

@rachaelstanley7986

Жыл бұрын

I'm totally shocked at her attitude on this, disgusted actually.

@RobespierreThePoof

Жыл бұрын

A very tricky issue that few people feel they can honestly speak about. One of the things that rarely gets discussed because it simply sounds so damn awful:. The popular notion that rape is one of the worst and most traumatizing violent crimes comes from old gender stereotypes wherein women are presumed to be weak, vulnerable, emotionally unstable and fragile. If you pay close attention, you can find those old sexist ideas lurking in the background in many discussions of the crime of rape and in popular media. There's an awful serialized American crime television show which is very guilty of this: Law and Order: Special Victims. I have never seen a work of fiction stuggle so much with how to represent the subject of rape - and every crime in that television show which the detectives go about trying to solve is a rape. It speaks volumes.

This woman makes so much sense, I love her raw honesty and her unapologetic attitude on her opinions and thoughts.

@lynda8852

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you Joyce We could do with more like her

@lisadefries6718

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Intellectually she is a force to be reckoned with 😊 I find her straight talking approach refreshing. Her opinions on transgender are considered a bone of contention by media but I think most important thing is not to close debate down because agreement isn’t met instantly. Understanding is never discovered in this manner. The media in order to get a sensational story seem in my opinion to relish chance of dividing debates on topics instead of closing down intellectual debate it should be opened up to all without the threat of closing down individuals because they don’t agree with everything that one might believe.

@frankweir9514

Жыл бұрын

She's a tough cookie...

@joycecomegys5835

Жыл бұрын

@@frankweir9514 Yeah...that she is!🤣

@themovingdance2744

Жыл бұрын

She rocks…ll❤

" I'm not a feminist I'm a female" that's authenticity Absolutely beautiful

@RobespierreThePoof

Жыл бұрын

It sounds nice. But of course she's a feminist. Feminism has a history which includes debates between different ideas

@slipiak

23 күн бұрын

yes it is beautiful.... but she is able to say that, because she is not forced to be at the kitchen stove raising 5 children.... which can be a nice thing, but women were not able to do the things she is doing.... there were very few women that could write a book.... not to mention read a book.... thats what I think she is missing.... its ok, that women and men have different roles... but the point should be... that not every woman wants to be a nurse, mother or any other "woman" role.... is it so difficult to understand, that there are women who are great bussinesswomen or managers...and so on.... its strange.

I'm keeping my message short - BIG TICK for Germaine Greer - this is an interview that feeds the brain and nourishes the soul.

I was raped, reported it to the police, but I think cos I didn't report it as a poor victim and crumble they thought I was lying and said it was my word against his. Obviously his word was enough. The rape was the least hurtful thing as the police process was the part that nearly broke me. I would never ever report anything to the police ever again. But I didn't fall apart, I learned a lesson and moved on.

@Tamaxlia

6 жыл бұрын

@theglaucoon Con That's the first thing that comes to your mind!?! Wow.

@michaelwright3044

6 жыл бұрын

I understand where you're coming from however rape can be very hard to prove. The police have a duty to look at each case objectively and if they don't have enough solid evidence to make a charge then they can't do it. They can't act like they belive the victim or the offender because it can taint the case.

@No1More1Mr1Nice1Guy1

6 жыл бұрын

But youre playing the victim easy enough now... perhaps the police were doing you a favour informing you of no evidence and perhaps it was your word against his. Without trauma/wounding internally or externally, it very much is your word against his thankfully. Did you think he could be prosecuted with just your word?

@AnnabelleJARankin

6 жыл бұрын

Wow Carol, that is appalling. I hope you have a chance to air that grievance to them some day.

@sametoyoutoo8509

6 жыл бұрын

so sorry xxx

I lack the caliber of language to fully express how much of an f’ing badass Germaine Greer is.

@crowbar9566

4 жыл бұрын

That'll do.

@anaisabel2956

4 жыл бұрын

@@crowbar9566 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@fatfrreddy1414

4 жыл бұрын

Can I assume from that,that you like her?!

@tracesprite6078

2 жыл бұрын

Being a f'ing badass isn't much use. Instead we need to be looking at the real facts. This ex-police officer has the real facts about domestic violence. If we face up to the fact that both women and men can be aggressors in domestic violence, then we can start tackling the poor communication skills and bad drinking habits which are the real drivers in these situations. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5Nr3JlrlMWqddI.html

@anneoneill2042

2 жыл бұрын

You certainly do...

I totally agree with Germaine in saying that rape doesn't and shouldn't destroy us. I've been both raped and a victim of child sexual assault. Now of course both were bad experiences but they haven't weakened my resolve to be a successful person in all walks of life. Really the biggest take away for me from the CSA was I was very over protective of my daughter while she was a child.

@Topg1

Жыл бұрын

I disagree. I am glad you were able to overcome rape. That is not the same for everyone. Many rape victims have to struggle with PTSD, Anxiety, and trauma. In order to regain themselves it takes a lot of therapy, spiritual intervention,etc. Rape is an extremely violent act. Many women had unwanted pregnancies during rape. I worked with many people who were rape. I can’t make light of this.

@Topg1

Жыл бұрын

@Lee Ok. I see where you are coming from.

@RobespierreThePoof

Жыл бұрын

I think that she seems to exaggerate when taking about what women are told after being raped. No therapist would tell a victim that they just continue being "not okay.". So why does she insist otherwise. I detect a pattern in her thought and rhetoric, as much as i agree with her on several points. She often caricatures her opposition. I don't think she even realizes she's doing it. Perhaps it is her age. Forty years ago, what is now a caricature might have then been fairly accurate. But these days it looks quite like she is erecting straw man arguments. That's unfortunate, because I do think feminists of her generation are very accomplished.

@juliecarne7706

9 ай бұрын

I’m glad you didn’t let this deviant control your future and kept your strength through this disgusting behaviour

@leelee2350

9 ай бұрын

@@juliecarne7706 The scary part is the CSA perpetrator was a school head master, he's dead now.

The first time I was raped, I was 15. Because of my upbringing, I knew that if I told anyone 'in authority' - including my parents, I would have been told it was my own fault

@anneoneill2042

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and quite clearly, that was the social conditioning of that time. Nowadays however, you would be convinced by those in authority that you would never recover from the experience, that the damage was irreparable, and sent for a lifetime of therapy. Which doesn't help anyone to put the experience into a healthy perspective.

@alisonperry1786

Жыл бұрын

I was 18 but still a virgin 1st time. No way would I tell anyone. One goes home baths and attempts to.put it in the past.

@lilpinksliplee7310

Жыл бұрын

I was 18 in the military and raped by 3 different drill sergeants, on 3 separate episodes and when it was reported by our female drill Sargeant the company First Sargeant wanted to hold me accountable to protect his 3 drill Sargeants. Fat lot of good that did me. It's taken years for women to have voting rights, sports, and bathrooms, and now we have men that decide l'm a woman now and have begun to erase that work, and young girls supporting them don't understand the risk it puts them in until they are hurt, raped, traumatized, because unfortunately they can't see long term, but we have the foresight of looking back.

@Topg1

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry that happened to you. It was not your fault.

@PoppyKat72

Ай бұрын

Me too, it was my fault for being stupid and drunk. Although I was only 17. I've lived with the shame my whole life

Germaine is a legend and speaks with intelligence and clarity.

@jamesmatamoros8149

4 жыл бұрын

@mikechrishill No, you dumb fool. Do look up the meaning of "legend".

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

4 жыл бұрын

Let's vote HER in for president!

@jeanetteb2347

4 жыл бұрын

@mikechrishill Oh come on!

@descartesdonkey4291

4 жыл бұрын

she liberated me as a man from the unholy expectations my culture demanded.

@wandaneff5833

4 жыл бұрын

I like this woman! She is very intelligent.

"We could embroider it on all your shirts. 'What about me?'" I legit spit my food all over the screen. That was magnificent.

@dreamer2260

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah haha I just love her acerbic wit.

mind blown. the way this real woman explains the trans community 'acting feminine' as not equating to the definition of womanhood is spot on! been trying to put this into words for a while. thankyou greer!

@oseasviewer7108

10 ай бұрын

I make this observation regarding trans identity and gender: You have to train your entire life to be a woman - a little bit of external 'panel beating' does not turn a Honda hatchback into a Maserati'

I never get bored listening to this woman talk, so incredibly intelligent and strong. Legend.

@apasolini

Жыл бұрын

so eloquent

She said shes 80 yrs old. My gosh! I hope im as smart and beautiful as she, in 20 yrs. Way to go, Ms. Greer.

@RockSchooled

4 жыл бұрын

Germaine Greer is ageless and infinitely intelligent.

I love this woman. Brave, intelligent, humane, full of common sense and totally against the bullshit of political correctness. Keep going Germaine, we need more people like you. Thankyou from this nurse xxx

@pbsamanthamarie

4 жыл бұрын

I like her too. She wants women to be mentally strong, & she is very mentally strong herself.

@jackimiller8511

4 жыл бұрын

I am so proud of her. I remember her first from the days when I got the original Our Bodies Ourselves. She has remained true to the mission and like many authentic critical thinkers will not say something simply because it is en vogue. I think so many people stop listening to her as soon as she says something they are uncomfortable with and lose a brilliant opportunity to have a very rich experience.

@ThisIsJamesL

4 жыл бұрын

Kate H are you kidding? Greer on clitoridectomy / vaginal mutilation: "opposition to FGM is an attack on cultural identity" ~ a feminist.

@ChrisRubeo

4 жыл бұрын

Amen

@stephj9378

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/gpikxZSrZMaoqLQ.html Have you seen this woman, Posie Parker? A feminist who took on transgender women in women’s spaces. Hint :They aint women.

A real thinker in action, no cult , no smoke and mirrors, no hype; what a brain.

How right this woman was about the trans movement many years back. She saw the damage that was coming.

I'm amazed at the number of simpletons that can't tolerate her speaking. While I don't agree with a lot of her opinions I found it stimulating and interesting. The honesty and disregard for political correctness was a joy to see.

@stevenbrucci

3 жыл бұрын

Krishnan Guru-Mathy being one of them.

@bonniehill9518

3 жыл бұрын

I also love people who disregard political correctness.

@akankshadash7129

8 ай бұрын

Political correctness, along with identity politics and woke culture has ruined the society.

@MaryBywaters

3 ай бұрын

@@bonniehill9518 I don't but good on Germaine for speaking her truth. Even if I disagree with it.

I am amazed by her thinking process, it's very out of the box.

@TheGranti7a

6 жыл бұрын

jastaR S It was common during the 1970s, '80s, and early '90s.

@cmhardin37

5 жыл бұрын

She has an uncommon intellect. IQ high above the mean.

@wandaalexander1972

5 жыл бұрын

Your daddy was a turkey baster ;--)

@LuciferXFallen290

5 жыл бұрын

@@cmhardin37 what?

@silentwitness536

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheGranti7a It was normal then. Now its sound bite bs politics.

"'what about me?' it's the great male question" what a woman! Fantastic!

Love Germain Greer. I’m a bit younger than her but old enough to appreciate the resolve and determination she describes. Heal your wounds, keep things in perspective and never stop sticking up for women! No nonsense. I miss that in our world today.

This lady speaks in terms of reality while the world is headed toward fantasy.

@7eyesopenwide168

4 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean DELUSION? Fantasy doesn't really describe it. 😀

@7eyesopenwide168

3 жыл бұрын

@Screaming Soldier fantasy isn’t necessarily delusional that’s the difference

@tracesprite6078

2 жыл бұрын

I like the plain speaking of this former police officer. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5Nr3JlrlMWqddI.html

@tripzincluded8087

Жыл бұрын

every so called 'world' is already a personalized aka mental projection .. [Being Human On Earth]

Just found this amazing woman. She says what she thinks with no apology. Thanks.

@elianazz

2 жыл бұрын

I wish more ppl. would be just like her! like it used to be! freedom to speak your mind and not having to agree to things that make no sence.

@show_me_your_kitties

2 жыл бұрын

I discovered her two years ago ans I've deep dived into everything Germaine Greer and she has quite changed my life for the better. You have to lay your sensitivities down, like in my case, I was raped. When I first her speak of rape I was enraged. But I let it sit with me a few days and came back and I've gotten so much strength from this woman. I don't even think about my rape anymore.

@show_me_your_kitties

2 жыл бұрын

I'm also not on ANY medications anymore! Whoop whoop!

@leelee2350

Жыл бұрын

The funny thing is years ago her attitude would have been considered very left wing. These days her opinions would be considered very right wing. Its an interesting phenomom.

@Insanio

Жыл бұрын

Oooo if you like people who say what they think without apologies there was quite an infamous guy leading Germany in the early 40s.

If a woman says rape destroyed her life, what right does anyone have to deny her feelings. You just make it harder to prosecute rapists by minimalising the horrid crime that it is and the damaging mental and physical effect on the victim. Rarely is it just a rape, it often goes with torture, drugging, abuse of all kinds too.

@georgiemerry8929

Жыл бұрын

It is not the rape which destroys your life it is the patriarchy. That is her point. Not that rape isn’t bad, but that it’s a manifestation of a much bigger and more harmful issue

@lilyweatherwaxHRH

11 ай бұрын

One thing that struck me is her story of her ‘mates’ that stood up for her, named and shamed her rapist *in her presence*. Whether she realizes or not, that had to be INCREDIBLY powerful as an acknowledgment of what happened to her. I’ve heard many rape stories - hers is the ONLY one I’ve heard where the woman got immediate, reparative support from MEN condemning the actions of another MAN. Powerful.

@deedee-dk2uz

10 ай бұрын

​@georgiemerry8929 how?

I love Germaine Greer so much because even if you don't agree with her on something, you can still understand what she is saying perfectly. I also love her attitude with her opinions and when others disagree.

I like how she avoids the verbal traps from media types.

@sirrathersplendid4825

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Gillis - Indeed amazing to watch. She skips over the incoming blade and simply continues her attack from a different direction.

@bobgillis1137

3 жыл бұрын

@@sirrathersplendid4825 It was a pleasure to watch. In rings a bell. In my youth, I was interviewed by an aggressive reporter from an aggressive political magazine, the stripe of which is not relevant. It concerned a non-political story. What struck me was that the reporter clearly had an agenda because he kept trying to get me to say what he wanted to write. I stuck to my interpretation of the facts instead. He appeared like a lawyer for the opposition in court. I certainly don't have the gift of the gab and was way less cynical in those days, but it helped me see just how manipulative media can be. They tend to be narrative-sellers, not the truth exposers they portray themselves to be. This probably holds across the political spectrum.

@annakathleen1993

3 жыл бұрын

She's a very cool lady.

@DeadMeat991

2 жыл бұрын

@@bobgillis1137 The proper procedure is to tell them that you have had enough of their snide insinuations and punch them.

I like this lady!!!! The BBC turned off the comment section. Wankers. This lady is spot on.

@catonamushroom1019

4 жыл бұрын

That's the reason they turned off comments. She is correct and they don't want to be reminded.

@johnnyoranges

3 жыл бұрын

@Tree Tree That's not what she said. Pay attention !

@akankshadash7129

8 ай бұрын

See, gender identity, identity politics, political correctness, woke culture along with drugs, pornography and prostitution have literally RUINED THIS SOCIETY. Trust me , all these things are actually inter-linked to each other.

Thank God for Germaine. Too intelligent for the world out there! But she makes it bearable. Every female needs to listen to her wisdom and every male. We are lucky to have her and I hope she continues to speak out for a long time yet!!

The eyes on this wonderful old woman are brighter than those of a 30yr old.

@joeyou2954

4 жыл бұрын

She is BEAUTIFUL.

@Schwabian

4 жыл бұрын

Yep they are too busy getting pedicures, manicures and looking at their phones lol

@faye6864

3 жыл бұрын

More misogyny and stereotyping🙄. The opposite of what she is saying

@tor8555

3 жыл бұрын

@@faye6864 Yep, instead of complimenting her intelligence they go straight to her looks and also the standard that women have to look younger than they are.

She tells this horrific story and he doesn't know how to respond to her - she's talking in such a clear candid way and he's just looking for easy statements about her 'controversial' comments.

@tracesprite6078

2 жыл бұрын

Diana Davison is a tough Canadian woman who speaks up for the falsely accused. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oWWlsJNygJXUm8o.html

@trex3003

Жыл бұрын

Yes, It's maddening. She says something very profound and his response invariably is, " Yes, but..." It's a childish way of interviewing a highly intelligent and thoughtful person.

@harrydavey9884

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's a pathetic idiot. He's not a real human being. He's an empty shell that is filled with whatever propaganda the news requires of him. Just a husk. She's a REAL human being, with passion and love.

Fearless still. Bravo Germaine on daring to say that Trans activism is pure misogyny.

She seems to be an amazing woman. Smart, fearless, reasonable. I don’t agree with everything she says, but I certainly can follow her logic.

@broadcastmadnesss

3 жыл бұрын

Reasonable? Being transphobic can only be considered reasonable if you're not a transgender person as being misogynist as man can only be seen as reasonable by other men.

@iangalbraith1993

Жыл бұрын

She’s not speaking for trans community! Try listing, even if you don’t like what is said.

@thedancingveganatheist6310

Жыл бұрын

Well said.

@thedancingveganatheist6310

Жыл бұрын

​@@broadcastmadnesss Transphobic means having an irrational fear of trans people or its movement. This woman has no such irrational fear.

@broadcastmadnesss

Жыл бұрын

@@thedancingveganatheist6310 LOL LOOOOL

This is why I adore Germaine Greer. Freethinker and direct. Rare to find this anywhere, anymore.

@lesmortmain2258

6 жыл бұрын

Have you read her books? I can definitely see where she's a bit crass with the rape ideas, I don't totally agree. Free thinkers tend to be this crass.

@lesmortmain2258

6 жыл бұрын

She's Manic, or Depressive in this state? Just trying to get a handle on your point.

@ThePanheadBobber

5 жыл бұрын

^^^^ Les MortMain is going to be waiting in the bushes for Germaine.

@lanabanana68

5 жыл бұрын

indeed Les.

@laughingwaters4445

5 жыл бұрын

relax, babe, we ain't scared of nothing and no one, me and Germaine and many others here there and everywhere, watch out for us, the entirely non phobics, have to find some other words if you have any more

Regarding the part about Germaine saying a rape "shouldn't destroy a woman" - I can see how people would jump to conclusions and think she meant, "You shouldn't feel as though you've been done wrong", or something along those lines. But, I can't see it any other way than her telling people that they're stronger than they think they are, and shouldn't let a horrible experience make you feel as though you can't function, or are less valuable in some way. There's no doubt that people DO end up feeling that way (among many other feelings, I imagine), but regardless of whatever kind of traumatizing or damaging experience a person goes through, you have to perform a reality check on yourself, and ask yourself two questions: 1). What do I have left - what has this experience absolutely and *irreversibly* taken from me? 2). Where do I want to go from here, with what I still have? A person's mental strength is what they make it, and you can recover from even grievous physical wounds. Germaine wants people to be strong, as any self-respecting, empathetic person does, I believe.

@BelenusValikonis

5 жыл бұрын

@@alegriart There's no pretense here - only insight. You're free to disagree, as you obviously do. Verbal comments are driven by inner belief, and this *is* an interview in which I assume she had time to organize her thoughts for beforehand. It wasn't a passing comment, like what you'd get from a street interview; it's her life's philosophy, one which she formed with her own experiences, and has spoken about at length on numerous occasions, including this one. One doesn't simply dedicate their time to writing books, being interviewed, and speaking in public for no good reason. You shouldn't be so quick to dismiss another's intentions because what they say bothers you. *Why* a person says something is often more important than exactly what they said.

@alexs2351

5 жыл бұрын

@@alegriart No, Greer is right. I feel like the way people handle rape today is well-intentioned but extremely condescending. Rape has historically not been taken seriously so today we overcompensate by inflating the issue. People try to appear helpful by giving sympathy. But this approach only damages victims rather than empower them. At some point, people need to stop moping, get therapy (if needed) and improve their lives. But people dont want to appear like they are minimising the issue by telling a rape victim to get things in perspective.When in reality thats the only way to help them.

@jasminflower3814

4 жыл бұрын

That was very insightful Josh. are you a Psychologist ?

@Coden11

4 жыл бұрын

You put it quite a bit better than she did.

@A_T__

4 жыл бұрын

Josh Kendrick agreed fully

So refreshing. As an outspoken woman myself I am pleased to see someone with so much wisdom. As far has her attitude toward rape, this could help many women move on. However everyone is different. How old is a woman, who did it, and did it continue (say a relative you can't get away from). Germaine also got a little bit of justice, most of us don't, in any case a good attitude to develop.

What an amazing lady, I think her views are spot-on 99%, and for someone her age it’s so refreshing to hear her freely swear when swearing is appropriate.

Pleasantly surprised to see that the interviewer asks clear questions and then lets the interviewee finish her answers.

I can see why some people in the trans and PC communities have a problem with her: she's not following the party line.

@sondraarrache1908

4 жыл бұрын

She calls it like she sees it! Love her!

@itsnotup2u

4 жыл бұрын

easy for you to say if you have never been trans and do not appreciate the hatred of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist trying to intellectualize away your existence. Having people feel free to say you can't or shouldn't exist is a cruelty I wouldn't wish on anyone. You who are agreeing with her here need to have a conversation with a real live trans person and hear what it is actually like instead of trying to think us out of existence.

@itsnotup2u

4 жыл бұрын

that's not the problem, I don't know who's party you want me to be touting. It isn't that she tells hard truthts to power in the case of her hatred and denial of the existence of trans people. What she is saying and the movement that sprung up around it causes suffering to people, it cause us to have horrendous existential questions with people who blindly take up her poorly thought out arguments on the topic. It is a shock for a mind like hers to so utterly and emotionally drop any semblance of clear sightedness when it comes to this topic.

@JustinColman-kz5fl

4 жыл бұрын

@@itsnotup2u Check out 'Rose of Dawn' - she's trans but also intelligent; you'll like her.

@JustinColman-kz5fl

4 жыл бұрын

@@rhijazmin Too right Rhi! Everyone seems to be for diversity, except when it comes to diversity of opinion...

Germaine, what a fantastic woman. My late mum was a huge admirer, they will never be able to take her on, let alone take her down. Wit and cunning beyond this dimension

They say that a man can feel like a woman but i have to wonder "How tf does the man know what it feels like to be a woman in the first place?"

Whenever I listen to Germaine, she always says something that makes me think in an alternative way. Great lady.

Sane, articulate, intelligent and brutally honest commentary. A very unique insight into a clear and practical mind!

@lanabanana68

5 жыл бұрын

indeed Adrian,a rare thing these days!

@theisisreincarnate

5 жыл бұрын

💓💓

@LuciferXFallen290

5 жыл бұрын

There must be weeds in her garden

@louisetaylor2131

5 жыл бұрын

Stephenie Tsundere San no weeds there at all, she loves beautiful things

@LuciferXFallen290

5 жыл бұрын

@@louisetaylor2131 you didn't get the metaphor lol and no she is crazy

I`m 62. I`ve lived through failing to be an architect because men told us girls couldnt. Ive survived my mum being allowed to die young for no other reason than she was a lower class woman. Germaine Greer has helped me navigate this unfair, unfree world in which women are now being told we are no longer women, because men can also BE women. People need to listen a hellovalot more and Germaine speaks way more sense than most. I love this woman

Respectfully she can't speak for every one who has been raped......it's about it being the ultimate violation, you can walk away from a house that has been burgled.....but you can't walk away from your body once someone has decided to do what they want with it against your will. That said I'm not mad about the sentiment of what she is saying

@nerodiamante9441

2 жыл бұрын

@Californium * my point us about violation of the physical body, your incident would also be an example of the violation, and no less serious, someone choosing to harm or sexual abuse one's body is a lifelong sentence. when your dead you leave the scene of violation. yuh understand?

@jennifergirling6850

2 жыл бұрын

In her case she got justice for her rape from her friends help that's not what happens in most cases.She says it's no good to speak up yet she said she should have spoken up because it would have saved the next person from getting raped. She contradicts herself. You move on & your not the same person because you have to but it doesn't mean your not damaged & you can't ignore that fact.

Very interesting perspectives. As a "survivor" myself, I found it interesting that she rejected that word, but yet is far, far more of a survivor than victim from what I can tell. I share her views on that topic as well. No one wants anything like that to happen to them, but you don't need to let it permanently destroy or define you either. It doesn't destroy or define you unless you allow it to.

@suefreewoman6581

4 жыл бұрын

There are a great many variables on both rape and rape victims. She was raped once, by one man. She was an adult at the time. Most importantly, she is a product of her time, a time when most of us didn't report it and simply put it on the back burner. But, tellingly, she remembers every tiny detail of it. If it hadn't affected her, she'd barely remember it. Do you remember in detail the food poisoning you had (one night) 60 years ago? I doubt it. Just an analogy.

@sasjab3629

4 жыл бұрын

@@suefreewoman6581 Well, of course it affected her. It just didn't ruin her life, destroy her self confidence or sense of self worth.

@Miss_tete

4 жыл бұрын

@Urayis wish l booo hoooo why must we listen to you say she is still a victim when she says she is a survivor???? Such a stupid comment

@suefreewoman6581

3 жыл бұрын

@Alexis Millert. I don't really care. She is still giving men permission to rape because, hey, one old woman says she was fine with it. Therefore, all women can just "get over it". She can speak for herself, not for all women.

@suefreewoman6581

3 жыл бұрын

@Alexis Millert. No, plenty of acts, no two the same, and no two victims of crime are the same. If you insist on everyone just getting over it, why not include soldiers with PTSD? Why don't they just get over it?

True equality is Knowing men and women are different from each other but equally valuable. I agree with her that unfortunately some women thinks equality is to be like the Worst type of man.

@jackimiller8511

4 жыл бұрын

So well said. Was trying to think of something like this when I was reading comments slamming her for saying women weren't equal to men. I may plagiarize :-)

@basilbaby7678

4 жыл бұрын

Nailed it.

@Aizouli

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, the lowest common denominator effect.

@Ash-gtr32

4 жыл бұрын

Why not the worst type of woman or person? Why is a woman being a certain way thought of as being like a man?

@ineedhoez

4 жыл бұрын

Amen different, not deficient.

Germaine is practical with a huge amount of common sense. Those that can't accept what she says can't cast a shadow on her by saying she's a drama queen because she has no drama about her. The fact that she speaks clearly and sanely about people changing their genders really stokes some people. And all because she's speaking the plain truth. You got to love her. When I saw Bruce Jenner on that magazine cover I had many different feelings and thoughts. Never a thought that he is a woman.

Germaine is brilliant and at 80 years of age she still rocks.

This was such an interesting and enjoyable interview. Germaine Greer embodies free thinking.

@otakuthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

@Urayis wish l This is why yo comment don't get any likes, you're not thinking the right way.

@madsenfliehr5685

4 жыл бұрын

Sexism doesn't exist because women don't exist! Gender is a non binary, it's 2020! This is transphobic!

@madsenfliehr5685

4 жыл бұрын

@@otakuthegreat Speak for yourself.

@otakuthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

@@madsenfliehr5685 Nah just you Let's be honest here, my comment gets likes because i think the right way or sometimes people are too dumb to notice mine

@madsenfliehr5685

4 жыл бұрын

@@otakuthegreat Ok feminazi sheeple, go back to your hole now.

Wanna know what a real woman is? You're watching one.

@seveno1

4 жыл бұрын

@mikechrishill She started the ball rolling deriding men now its coming back on her

@graememcgowan9456

4 жыл бұрын

Look at these sexist fools who've completely missed Richard's point..

@basilbaby7678

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Albert Henderson Do you agree with her opinion, of a society absent of gender conformity, will inevitably lead to most men being predominantly effeminate, or fully homosexual...that biology factors little to not at all in behavior? Just curious.

@misogynazi8redpillrampage122

4 жыл бұрын

That is not a woman.... it is a sad lonely bitter post-wall old hag.... If you were a real man you would be watching Sandman, Barbarossa, Happy Humble Hermit or TFM..... not this mainstream media cuck interviewing a disgusting old femtard hag.

@janemills1839

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Albert Henderson couldn't agree more, she has been a heroine of mine for 55 years ❤️

I'm a feminist legal researcher and I've undergone male sexual assault and Germaine is absolutely on fkn point on what she's saying about rape and the legal system and how it's not the worst thing that can happen to a woman. Anyone who has endured the pernicious corrosive harm of the patriarchy understands that - what's worse is dehumanisation to a point where you internalise it yourself

Go Germaine....she says it as it is and has never changed her straight talking discourse, totally proud of her 🇦🇺

Truly the public intellectual. Deep thinker, fearless. There will never be enough gratitude expressed for Greer, and Paglia, too, and the bravery and courage and commitment for decades of their work on behalf of women and men, and the principles of honesty, freedom, liberty, responsibility, and the human spirit. As to her personal story that she recounts my heart goes out to her with much love!

80yrs old! Germaine greer is a legend.

@lanabanana68

5 жыл бұрын

yes,she is.

@charleswarren3327

5 жыл бұрын

She's an idiot.

@LuciferXFallen290

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah a real legend like Margaret Thatcher and every other woman who falsely accuse men of rape. *sarcasm*

@otakuthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

@@charleswarren3327 you just said that about yourself bud

Finally a Germaine Greer video where comments aren’t blocked! One of the few feminists who acknowledges that there is actually a difference between men & women.

@richardkovacs2006

2 жыл бұрын

Which should be the starting point of feminism. I wonder if denying the difference between men and women by modern feminists has anything to do with lesbians taking the leading roles in gender studies? Like Judith Butler.

Well said, Germaine! It's quite incredible the gaslighting and misogyny that is being waged against our minds.

This is so fascinating! I am someone who was sexually abused as a child. I have been defined and self stigmatized by my abusee and allowed it power and control over my life that it did not deserve. Our culture promotes this mentality that it is something that terrible and ruins lives. I have dissociative disorder, which basically means I have separated myself from the emotions that come from the memories of my abuse. I have spent years and years in therapy trying to unearth and find emotions connected to the memory. It I had just been encouraged to accept it as a gift and to move on with my life, I would have been so much better off. Instead I sat around for years dwelling on and rehashing the abuse in the effort to 'connect' the emotions with the memory so as to then supposedly 'release' the trauma. I have never been able to do that but have lost years and years by dwelling and wallowing in some past bad experience. I see what she is trying to say completely, I think she just needs to maybe speak more clearly about this as a mentality of empowerment. It's unfortunate that many people I think will miss the forest for the trees with her words. Many people need to hear words like this as a way forward after something awful happens. To put it in perspective to it's small space of time in someone's life span! I think she is a wonderful womens advocate and yet many women will shut out her words and perceive her as hostile or bigoted. Its unfortunate.

@simeonbanner6204

4 жыл бұрын

Brave post. The Buddha says: "So long as an evil deed has not ripened, the fool thinks it as sweet as honey. But when the evil deed ripens, the fool comes to grief." I think those who abuse are really the fool in the story.

@Aizouli

4 жыл бұрын

We all do the best we can to cope with the experiences we have. Don't ever think less of yourself for the way you dealt with yours.

@ElizkaNorimarna

4 жыл бұрын

God bless you, dear

@violeta8626

2 жыл бұрын

@FloydTheBarber because women were the property of men so the crime was against men, & I would think to their honour, so when you think of as in patriarchal society that is the worst crime that can be committed to a man, to have someone have their way with their sexual possession. Germaine has never said that rape should not be punished but she explains beautifully, women have been conned into thinking that their lives end if they are raped, when they don't.

@susanfreewoman3886

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your encouragement to paedophiles. My abuse at my father's hands went on until he (thank God) died. Most of us never get over it. I was severely affected many years before anyone told me that child sexual abuse was a bad thing. If you have D.I.D., like me, who knows which of your personalities commented?

Germaine Greer!! What an incredibly honest and intelligent person. We need more powerfully profound individuals. Indeed she is an authentic critical thinker. Her perspective is female=biological=sex versus feminists=cultural=gender. It is too rare these days to be exposed to such an individual as well informed about so many topics. What a valuable gem. This interview is an exceptional gift to the audience.

Germaine is my hero, so articulate, truthful, insightful, beautiful, strong, caring. She is wonderful. The interviewer's obsession with offence and the offended was forgivable only because he was clearly out of his depth.

Why is the interviewer bringing up the trans question and then asking her why she won't move on after she said she wasn't interested?

This is what a real feminist is like

WHAT A BRILLIANT DEEP THINKER. AND SO TRUE TO HERSELF. I WANT TO BE LIKE HER 💕💕💕💕

She is living far ahead of her time.

I’m so happiest to hear her thoughts. A new teacher for me, too!

My kinda lady! Sharp, tough, street smart feminism, who rather deliver a lethal verbal assault on a man than ever be his victim!

@LuciferXFallen290

5 жыл бұрын

What about women who assault? She is dumb

@basilbaby7678

4 жыл бұрын

Fire Queen 80s Synth Girl Germaine’s point was about, not allowing an abuser to brand you for the rest of your life. Rape, in particular, is about branding. That’s why men, who are raped, were usually in group/tribal situations. They’re assaulted to establish hierarchy.

@catiatavares7757

4 жыл бұрын

@Anthony biological women? XX?

@PhoenicianPrincess88

3 жыл бұрын

No one would “rather” be a man’s victim.

@doelette7400

3 жыл бұрын

@@LuciferXFallen290 Did you get your "What about me?" t-shirt yet?

intelligent woman speaking, no-one listening ofcourse.

@otakuthegreat

4 жыл бұрын

People are getting dumber and dumber these days

@randdiamond8090

4 жыл бұрын

You’re listening, I’m listening :-) Some people are already willingly erasing themselves, let’s not join them hahahaha

@adrianamaclennan7832

4 жыл бұрын

Exxxxxxxactly

@lachlankay9212

4 жыл бұрын

I guess people hear, but don't necessarily listen. They remember catchphrases and buzz words that trigger something in them which prevents them from comprehending the greater narrative. It's quite sad really

@freddytw206

4 жыл бұрын

Yes we are.😇🔥🥴

I Am completely falling in love with this woman, now in 2021 she is a Queen! Wow. She isn't wrong on any level. Her opinions are very fare and balanced. She has definitely carefully considered all these topics. What a brilliant woman.

What a wonderful woman. Says it how it is. How utterly refreshing...oh to spend a day with this lady.

She still rocks! Love her and usually agree with her. Bless her heart and fine mind. Carry on, Germaine!

I think I agree with her that the transgender "issue" is completely uninteresting. When Bruce Jenner changed to Caitlin Jenner, I could not believe how much media coverage was being devoted to that. It seemed to go on for weeks. I was like, "So what, who cares?"

@rosalindmartin4469

4 жыл бұрын

You don't "get" it if you don't live with it.... These "women" often take up positions such as beauty contestants and athletes who DECLARE themselves to be real females competing (with actual female folks) ...while they are sustained by chemicals. This is PUBLIC and exposes everyone, including ...and especially younger people who are developing their own identities. While we cannot specify "normal" precisely, we have some idea of "abnormal" and dysphoric ... Publicly CELEBRATING and awarding Dysphorias of any kind may contribute to increased medicating as the NEW NORMAL. If this is what your notion of a good human futurity is, god bless you... You win.

@Sforz-tarifa

4 жыл бұрын

If it’s so uninteresting why won’t she just shut up about it?

@rosalindmartin4469

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sforz-tarifa Jenner was a celebrated olympian ...his appearances were worlwide as a speaker. Then, he began to realize his wife and daughters were another North Face to conquer. He writes also about his early occasional transvestism. But a lacy jockstrap simply wasn't public enough😀🌈

@AnnaLVajda

4 жыл бұрын

"Woman" of the year to degrade the real thing.

@fredatlas4396

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sforz-tarifa. Maybe she feels threatened by it

As a gay man i love Germain and her honesty so much.

@Sforz-tarifa

4 жыл бұрын

You love saggy old bigots?

@LLLLLLLLLucas

3 жыл бұрын

You are obviously unable to comprehend the ideas and perspectives of this interview. Best get back to your xbox and let the adults continue the discussion. BYE!!

@James-yl4vr

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! 🙂🙂

I love she has her own point of view and it can’t be changed just because people want to cancel her voice/opinion.

I simply admire this woman . Unapologetic, stoic and learned . I am a man and this is a woman who fought all her life to make womens rights better . Now men wanting to be women are intent on taking everything from women, even their identity as a woman . Is that not the ultimate misogyny??? One of the great thinkers of our times and people need to stop , listen and learn . We are NOT here on this earth to placate peoples feelings by changing society to make them feel better . We change it when real tangible threats exist to equity in opportunities to live , breath , eat , drink , good education and health . We strive to give equality of opportunity. Men are disenfranchised and now rudderless as to what they are and their purpose . Some women have made feminism misandry and not about thriving within the female identity and not needing to degrade mens rights by default .

I was sexually abused at 8 years old. I told my mum as soon as i got away. It was a man at her office and school holiday, so i was with her at work. Of cause this affected me to a certain extent but this incident didn't destroy my life. There are much more painful things in life that i have had to deal with. What i have found difficult is that people think i Should Be Destroyed by it and that it must have affected me much more. It is this that i have had difficulties with, as when the Jimmy Savile cases came up and the Rochdale cases my partner thought that I Must take what happened to me to the police, when to me it was something long forgotten about. I'm so glad to hear her explain that we are not abnormal to want to just move on from it and realise that it would be just prolonging the situation to drag it all back up Again. Why make something a never ending situation when it is already over and done with!! This isn't to say that the man wasn't bad, of course he was but i have a life and i don't wish to make it at least a year or two of dealing with so much stress.

@Bexjester

5 жыл бұрын

Mimi Lion I completely agree with you, if you let that one act that you had no control over become the only defining feature of your life then you have no life, no agency and are trapped by the actions of malicious person. I think a lot of the comments who hate GG are responding to an unreflective view of her ultimate points. I think she would welcome trans women to the fight for women’s rights ie reproductive freedoms, educational freedoms, economic accessibility etc. But, as she pointed out gays can get married, while US women are being stripped of reproductive rights. I’m not saying it’s sum zero, just the results seem to be.

@LittleKitty22

4 жыл бұрын

I have suffered rape and other violent crimes all my life and I also don't feel destroyed. I am neither depressed nor anxious. The only thing that upsets me is that police believe my rapists, who claim I had raped them, and police arrested me for it. To get arrested for the very crime that in reality had been committed against me, and to get accused of rape when in reality I - a WOMAN - was ripped to pieces internally, was more traumatizing than the numerous times I've been raped. But - destroyed, oh no, I'm not destroyed. Do I look destroyed? Just look at my picture - do I look like some destroyed mess with slashed wrists? Far from it - I'm so normal that people always assume I have always had this sheltered life and tons of friends and family (in reality I have none and no support).

@jackimiller8511

4 жыл бұрын

@@LittleKitty22 I do hope you feel as empowered as you say but it does puzzle me that you chose something as vulnerable and helpless as "Little Kitty".

@LittleKitty22

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackimiller8511 There is a difference between choosing a cute name and feeling all helpless and vulnerable you know... sounds like you need some help to get over your negativity.

@basilbaby7678

4 жыл бұрын

Acknowledge trauma, pursue criminal justice (when possible), and then allow yourself to move on and forward in life. Assault isn’t you...it happened to you.

She makes so much sense that it actually seems a foreign language

@tracesprite6078

2 жыл бұрын

This You Tube from a former police officer talking about domestic violence might make even more sense. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5Nr3JlrlMWqddI.html

I am a big Trans Activist. That said, identifying as a woman is not as simple as saying, "I can now do whatever women do, be that physically, psychologically, and/or spiritually." Nothing in life is that easy.

“It isn’t a rational response to anything, depression.” Brilliant!!!

I love her perspective on sexual violence. What a strong resilient woman! She makes a wonderful role model for the snowflake generation 💪

@randomlady6899

5 жыл бұрын

Abra Cadabra I guess you’d be one of the aforementioned snowflakes.

@liveoak144

4 жыл бұрын

@Why Me 101,000 people listened.

@liveoak144

4 жыл бұрын

​@Justin j or even serious PTSD. some women go through a period or years of PTSD from very bad rapes. it is similar to being shell shocked from war. War has been made on your body. War has been made on the INSIDE of your body. Some women don't fall apart afterward, or at least it is not outwardly visible. I would imagine that if some girl is beaten and gang raped by 8 guys and barely survives the experience she might have more damage to her psyche than someone else. Connie Frances was a grown women and had years of PTSD and agoraphobia from her experience. Germaine had something in her personality, behavior, and life experiences that gave her the resilience to be able to heal quickly and just pull herself together and carry on. Who can say how anyone will process something like this. There are a lot of factors; previous abuse, poverty, mental health, physical health, confidence, ability to adapt to grief or rage, many things go into how rape will affect a person. I agree with you Justin.

@kazzana9013

4 жыл бұрын

I am not so sure we are being fair calling this generation 'Snowflakes'. This generation has lost the right to make mistakes and learn from them. With the internet a wrong comment can follow them for life. Our young have to be so very careful about what they say and even photos. We did not have the same consequences prior to the internet when airing our thoughts, opinions etc. We were allowed to get past our mistakes, not have them thrown in our face for life.

@rhydianbanner3590

4 жыл бұрын

I've never heard anyone publicly call out the metoo movement starters who signed the NDAs. When it first started that was my initial reaction as well, but Germaine is much more well read on it that me. Breath of fresh air tbh.

Wonderful throwback to a different time where intellectuals explored ideas in strident terms.The antithesis of the mob think becoming too entrenched in present day discourse.

@3hh73ya6

6 жыл бұрын

Sarah,Think your strident comments on Greer are unfair unless they apply to everybody in the public eye,whether you agree or disagree with their sentiments.....when Princes Harry and William shake hands with crowds are they being friendly or preserving the future of the family business?

@p52893

5 жыл бұрын

Cult

@stephennorman308

4 жыл бұрын

I would like to throw her back

@mjonhouston

4 жыл бұрын

JG Alegria - perhaps that's true to some., but it's obvious the vast majority of todays activists on the left have no clue to ANY intelligent insights.,...PLENTY to learn here for them.

@jackimiller8511

4 жыл бұрын

@@sarahpenna262 "She has no real grasp of grass roots society .... " She doesn't need to; she's never claimed to be a sociologist. Her strength is her critical thinking and I so appreciate what has come out of her "academic bubble".

Fantastic Germaine Greer! So intelligent and articulated

Before I read "Catch and Kill" I might have agreed with Germaine here, and in some cases I still agree, but specifically in the Harvey Weinstein situation from everything I have read about the women who accused Harvey Weinstein many of them did go to the police and did go to HR departments and tried to file charges. Harvey Weinstein had connections in the DA's office and a huge team of lawyers and connections in news and hired all sorts of people to go after these women. Most of them finally agreed to a settlement because they decided it was the only way they could ever get any accountability when the criminal case clearly wasn't going anywhere. One woman had in her settlement agreement that Harvey had to go for treatment and the studio had to review its policies - two things that likely never happened, which is the most she could do to try to protect future victims. Yes, there are definitely cases where women have taken money instead of filing charges out of greed, but specifically when it comes to the Harvey Weinstein accusers there are several women that really did the best they could to try to take that monster down and Harvey was just too big for them to bring him to justice. I still agree with Germaine in many cases, but I think we need to be careful about judging how someone like Rose McGowen responded to the very unusual and extreme harassment and intimidation she experienced beyond just the sexual abuse.

@tenaciousduk6587

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with your comments on this subject. I also feel uncomfortable in her comments on here, and other interviews about rapes and sexual assaults. We are not all as empowered as her, and it impacts everyone differently. I do admire some of her other observations on life and feminism though.

I don't agree with everything that she says, but I like her and respect her views. She is a freethinker, which is why she won't ever be accepted in the intolerant dogmatic world of intersectional social fascism of the modern 'liberal'. You actually feel as if you could have a conversation with her, and an interesting one at that.

@milkandspice1074

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, I don't agree with her but, she can dish it and take it.

@tracesprite6078

2 жыл бұрын

I like the commonsense of this former police officer who has worked with the domestic violence issue for a long time. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5Nr3JlrlMWqddI.html

@akankshadash7129

8 ай бұрын

There is a saying: Scratch a liberal, and you can see the fascist underneath. Classic role-reversal at play. These so-called "liberals" are the most dogmatic and intolerant people, the more woke the worse.

Woooowwwww she's 80. She looks good and has a clearer better working mind than I do at 50.

Thank you Ms. Greer & Mr. Murthy. Deep communication is so refreshing! Makes it possible to trip over furniture without being injurious.

How did I not come across this gem of a channel and all these interviews/discourses earlier? BRILLIANT!!!!!

Common sense is a wonderful thing! This woman has a clear mind.

@tracesprite6078

2 жыл бұрын

I like the commonsense of this former police officer who has worked with the domestic violence issue for a long time. kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5Nr3JlrlMWqddI.html

Fascinating and moving. Well done for not censoring her terrifying experience. Fortunately Krishnan Guru-Murthy is so out of his depth he just lets her talk.

@Waltzhybrid92

5 жыл бұрын

If he was out of his depth maybe he wouldn't.

@hansiesma16

5 жыл бұрын

just me He is always out of his depth. I cannot bear the revolting little man, unfortunately he tends to interview people I am interested in so I'm forced to bite the bullet and endure him.

@liveoak144

4 жыл бұрын

@@hansiesma16 maybe he interviews these people because he likes to learn.

@hansiesma16

4 жыл бұрын

@@liveoak144 No, he's just an insipid little man, in my opinion. He's clever, and highly educated, . He thinks Oxford University taught him he knows everything. And I don't like him.

@liveoak144

4 жыл бұрын

@@hansiesma16 well, I am not that familiar with him. Maybe he is.

I like Germaine’s feminism. She’s a realist. She recognises the differences between the sexes. The biological as well as the socially constructed. She looks at the bigger picture. Wonderful woman.

That poor little man. It's so dead important to him to be The Man Who Knows Better, and then he simply can't do it. Germaine is being impressively polite, patient and kind.

@barflytom3273

9 ай бұрын

ninabroch. he is a snake.