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Title: 'What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about'
Post by: Picklehorse on October 27, 2015, 11:05:09 AM
Post by: Picklehorse on October 27, 2015, 11:05:09 AM
What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-row-over-banning-germaine-greer-really-about (http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-row-over-banning-germaine-greer-really-about)
New Statesman / by Helen Lewis 10/27/2015
"Student feminists want to stop the veteran feminist from speaking at universities - because of her beliefs about transgender people. But why are women always punished more than men for having controversial opinions?"
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-row-over-banning-germaine-greer-really-about (http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-row-over-banning-germaine-greer-really-about)
New Statesman / by Helen Lewis 10/27/2015
"Student feminists want to stop the veteran feminist from speaking at universities - because of her beliefs about transgender people. But why are women always punished more than men for having controversial opinions?"
Title: Re: 'What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about'
Post by: suzifrommd on October 27, 2015, 11:26:16 AM
Post by: suzifrommd on October 27, 2015, 11:26:16 AM
Quote from: Picklehorse on October 27, 2015, 11:05:09 AM
What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-row-over-banning-germaine-greer-really-about (http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2015/10/what-row-over-banning-germaine-greer-really-about)
New Statesman / by Helen Lewis 10/27/2015
"Student feminists want to stop the veteran feminist from speaking at universities - because of her beliefs about transgender people. But why are women always punished more than men for having controversial opinions?"
IMO, this author devotes a whole lot of words (not all of which I read) to justify hate. What Ms. Greer says is hate. Hateful words against black people, latinos, members of non-mainstream religions, and even gay people are no longer socially unacceptable, but Ms. Lewis seems to think hateful words against trans people are OK.
I disagree.
Title: Re: 'What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about'
Post by: stephaniec on October 27, 2015, 11:42:48 AM
Post by: stephaniec on October 27, 2015, 11:42:48 AM
She has a theory that trans women aren't woman and will never be a woman. They are only men with mutilated bodies.
Title: 'What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about'
Post by: Deborah on October 27, 2015, 11:55:21 AM
Post by: Deborah on October 27, 2015, 11:55:21 AM
A lot of the article was pretty good and even I have to agree that the constantly changing words and meanings of words in this area leave me confused a lot of the time. But what Ms. Greer said and the way she said it was deliberately antagonistic.
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Title: Re: 'What the row over banning Germaine Greer is really about'
Post by: Peep on October 27, 2015, 02:46:09 PM
Post by: Peep on October 27, 2015, 02:46:09 PM
I'm not sure that women are punished more than men for hateful opinions. And just because she's an iconic second wave feminist doesn't make anyone unfeminist for disagreeing with her. I think it shows a lot about what modern feminism means that she's not been given a pass by the current generation.