Germaine Greer – wicked witch of the south

When you hear her name, it’s usually followed by a controversial comment that is bound to offend most Australians. Which just goes to show, why she can’t live here as the only country that bothers to give her voice is England.

When you look at Ms. Greer biography, you’ll notice she is listed as an academic. What a cop out a description like that is. You obviously bear no skill in a particular field, so instead, you do a lot of education and claim that’s your job.

After the release of her book, Female Eunuch, she gave feminists of the 70’s a voice and direction for their protests. But in the same sense, she told the world just how much mayhem she will cause in the years to come. The book covers a range of issues surrounding the place of a woman in the typical nuclear family. It seems as though the text has a strong undertone of a depressed and angered writer, using the cover of the topic to vent her anger at the male sex.

Ms Greer spoke with the New York Times where she made reference to a barbaric act;

"Women have somehow been separated from their libido, from their faculty of desire, from their sexuality. They've become suspicious about it. Like beasts, for example, who are castrated in farming in order to serve their master's ulterior motives—to be fattened or made docile—women have been cut off from their capacity for action. It's a process that sacrifices vigor for delicacy and succulence, and one that's got to be changed." (March 22, 1971)

If this kind of thing is true and is still practised today, then that is very sad for the human race. But where is the evidence of these farms where women are mutilated? Accusations like that need strong references to the truth.

With the tragic death of Steve Irwin in2006, Ms Greer felt it necessary to make comment on yet another varied topic, the animal kingdom. She made comments that sent shivers down the spines of every Australian. "The animal world has finally taken its revenge on Irwin", when talking about one of the most passionate and resourceful animal campaigners the world has ever known. This was a man who bought large amounts of land just so they were protected from development, and set up a research program to better our knowledge to help animals survive.

Another fine hour for Ms Greer came when she spoke of her ‘respect’ for the Aboriginal community in Australia. She claimed that every time to flew into Australia, she would first ask the traditional owners of the land for permission to enter. But that doesn’t really hold up when New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council spokesman Paul Molloy said she had never spoken to him despite several entries into Sydney in recent years. Mr Molloy went on to say that no elder had the power or responsibility to grant permission for entry.

My wish in summing up is that Germaine would crawl into a hole and stay there. The rest of the world will then get its revenge.