Germaine Greer Fan Club

Or rather fails to prevent so many of you holding on to this idea of shame.

She probably thinks we shouldn't be embarrassed or ashamed about menstruating and if we rinsed out mooncups in front of men we'd be less self conscious and hung up, and would have a point

I think exactly the same. Other than Kat Banyard's Pimp State I haven't read a single feminist book of theory in my whole life and I won't be starting now.

If feminism leads to or fails to prevent so many of you talking about the shame attached to your female bodies it sounds a miserable failure.

Completely agree DJLippy though would add, some of us carry radical hysterectomy scars and with them a reminder that because of medical necessity we missed motherhood and hit a surgical menopause which set us apart at that point in our lives from our friends (& sometimes also our hopes). Still uniquely female experiences though...

It's easier to be dismissive of sex segregated bathrooms when you've stopped menstruating though. Periods seem a distant thing to me and I only stopped a few years ago. I'm sure by the time you're 80 you've forgotten a lot of the mess and hassle of them with your mind thinking of other stuff.
She probably thinks we shouldn't be embarrassed or ashamed about menstruating and if we rinsed out mooncups in front of men we'd be less self conscious and hung up, and would have a point.

I think it was a case of "oh fgs, the whole of womanhood is at stake here - don't ask me about toilets. Make them all unisex for all I care"

I think C4 misled her on what she there to talk about - she thought was invited on to talk about The Whole Woman - and was then subjected to Cathy Newman's gibbering.

Yeah she did say that. I don't agree with her on that- but I think it may have been exasperation at the level of debate tbh.

DJ Sorry, she was saying all toilets should be unisex, did she really say this, any body know if this is true??? .

And she was treated shamefully on that debate. She clearly has more intelligence and knowledge that Caitlyn Jenner, Munroe and Cathy put together.

Here is a very young, vivacious and highly intelligent Germaine in 1971.

Not caring about what men think of her since 1971

Vicky that says more about you than her.

who has messed up her life

Dear god what miserable failures the rest of us must be if you're setting the bar so high. wails

Grey misty love your sentence 'too busy helping men to manage their feelings' lol

I like and admire GC I don't always agree 100% but l wish I could be half as lucid and energetic as her if I make it to her age. She is a living legend!

It was clear from the 'debate' that GG is on a different level (intellectually) from others in the panel. Essentially, imv, they 'used' her for their agenda - no respect was given. I did, however, get a distinct feeling during this that she was 'over it' and frankly I wouldn't blame her. I do think that if we (women, you know those of us indentifying with XX) are going to fight out corner we need to have GG 'in the team' but not at the face. In the same way as the TRAs don't want CJ as their 'face'.

GG has the understanding, experience and brains with all of this but doesn't, like it not have the 'face'. Sarah had that in the debate.

To finish, I thought GG looked absolutely fabulous and, as always, has the intelligence, integrity and experience to be fabulous. UNLIKE other members of the panel.

Is it true Germaine Greer was on the television recently saying men and women should share the same toilets, please tell me this did not happen.

don't need them I'm an excellent baker and I will persuade her to adore me with biscuits. You can visit if you bring ingredients?

I'll fight you for her word for word im the same! i dont even agree with her all the time but i just respect her so much that I just get all....in awe of her. This is a hippy phrase but I think she has a kind aura.

DJ - i thought the same!

Watched the debate today and thought she did great considering the set up and my gawd she looked fab! At 80! She's kinda dreamy really.

I think she is amazing, any woman in 2018 that can say 'just because a man lobs his cock off and wears a dress, does not make him a woman' gets my respect. she is based in reality. She is awesome for being 80 years old. The channel four debate was very biased, from seating plans, to allocated time. I don't blame her for being sick of fighting, she has more than served her role for womens rights

I want to mess up like Germs. I want to be such a failure that I'm not only a towering figure of feminist thought but a respected Shakespearean scholar. I want to fail so badly that I teach in universities, own not only a heritage farmhouse but acres of amazing rainforest. I want to make so many mistakes that even when I'm 80 people will still be asking my opinion.