Greer... divorce something to celebrate / file
Posted on 09/08/2004 9:43:58 AM PDT by Area Freeper
THE high rate of divorce should be celebrated as the major sign of progress in the feminist movement, an ever-passionate Germaine Greer said at the start of a national speaking tour.
A woman's refusal to remain in an unloving relationship, and a description of soccer star David Beckham as an interesting but confusing "boy", were among the many thoughts shared by the 65-year-old during a seminar in Perth.
Greer said the main thing to have changed since her early feminist days was the mass exodus of women walking out on their marriages.
"The big change is the divorce rate," she said.
"Exactly the thing that people tear their hair out about is exactly the thing I am very proud of. But life for these women is very difficult. The price of their liberty has been taking on a massive amount of toil.
"This is because women misunderstand the corporate world. They think you are meant to work in the corporate world, when you are in fact meant to take credit for other people's work."
More than three decades after shooting to fame with The Female Eunuch, the controversial author left a 1000-strong, sell-out crowd with no doubt about her continuing passion for feminism and the ills of Australian culture.
The hour-long lecture on "Shakespeare and sexual difference" at the University of Western Australia, prompted many of her devotees to rise in a standing ovation.
Afterwards, she was quizzed about the future of feminism and was quick to lament that the movement of the 60s had been largely generated by the media and involved little direct action.
"We did not win things so much as they were given to us," Greer announced.
A young fan's suggestion that English superstar David Beckham was a metrosexual who could signal a return to the Elizabethan male was all too much for Greer.
She confessed to being bemused by the interesting soccer star, but was convinced he did not signify a major change in male sexuality.
But when it came to her provocative views on Australia as an Aboriginal republic - first mooted in her essay White Fella Jump Up - Greer was unwavering.
"For 200 years (Australia) has been going through the nightmare of trying to be something it cannot be. It has developed itself for what? For an economy valued at $800 billion on John Howard's assessment," she said.
Greer... divorce something to celebrate / file
I thought that was a pic of Vanessa Redgrave..
Has science been able to classify these people?
Feminists are anti-family.
Silly old cow!
;o)
"We did not win things so much as they were given to us," Greer announced.
So how are divorcing women becoming independent? I am pretty sure she is not saying that divorcing women will be supporting their ex spouses, is she?
Isn't this the woman who glorified the role of women in developing (read dictatorship) countries?
Yes. LOSERS!
"Exactly the thing that people tear their hair out about is exactly the thing I am very proud of.
She should be proud of her achievements. Men, as a group, are no longer interested in hurting women by marrying them. Greer should consider this a personal triumph. ;)
Uh, my brother divorced HIS wife. He's once again a loving, peaceful, happy guy.
Leave it to an empty-headed broad like her to celebrate the sacrifice of the family on the altar of selfishness. It's only natural that these throwbacks of evolution consider the destruction of America as "progress."
Whatever you say Greer, whatever you say, but I will be in Manila next month, and there is a good reason for it.
... and why shouldn't Greer celebrate women breaking contracts? Divorce fuels the incomes of lawyers. It devastes children. Her sort of ideology is what encourages stupidity in women, IMHO. But then, oh well, 50s and 60s, anything to help launch the war on America was never too troubling for Greer. I wonder if her encouragement is what gave John Kerry sustenance to break his commitment and contract with America, and the military ?
You know, she reminds me of the face of the cat that I hit on the way into work this AM. Same surprised, stupid look, right before impact.
Ms. Greer once told a reporter when asked about whether she enjoyed sex that she had "a c--t the size of a horse collar".
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