Germaine Greer - The Female Eunuch

"Alas! I cannot go through anymore feminism prose."


"I refuse to let Germaine Greer ruin feminism for me."


"Equality is good, but she DOES write like a high school bully; very crude, rude, and self-centered; threw it in the garbage, 10-minutes into the second night I picked it up. Low-class trash, don't waste your time!"


"I struggled getting through this book. It was just so boring. The way it was written was boring and the subject was outdated. I'm sure it was a big hit and kind of helpful to the women liberation in the 70's, and parts of it was interesting just as a way to find out what it was like back then, but for me today it was a bit boring. I'm all for feminism, but this was over the top"


"I gave it 150 pages, then quit. Not only did she not have anything new to say, what she said was said poorly. Sorry, Greer. I'll just have to be a feminist without you."


"It would never fly today: heavily anecdotal, sweeping generalizations with no backup data, no citations to anyone or anything."


"Germaine Greer is annoying
Having read Germaine Greer's book i am amazed people see her a feminist, she just seems like a slapper pretending that being a slapper makes you a feminist. I think sexual equality is good. Woman should have equal rights for jobs education etc: But that has nothing to do with saying all men have to pretend that they don't mind it if someone they are going out with is a bit of a slag who sleeps around. I used to be a fan of Mrs Greer until i found out what see actually beleives. I am fed up with the way that see seems to regard men ... She is extremely irritating. She talks the language of a high school bully when she is on tv calling people wimps or nerds, and deciding this is a reason to dislike people. As someone who was bullied at school for being a wimp I find her a nasty old woman, she is one of these irritating older woman who says she does not like new men because she finds them boring because there too nice and bland, well how would she no it's hardly as if any man under the age of 50 would be intersed in her."


"In her defense, it is not her fault; she is simply the product of our male dominated culture. She attacks others because she is trying to emulate the male power model and rise above the positions of servitude the vast majority of women in our world are still relegated into. Another sad comment."


"Hatred is not a good way to try to get back in the lime light. Read your books, saw your picture, and now I understand why you took such extreme tactics to get attention. Get some talent."


DEAR READERS: THIS WEEK WE'RE COVERING GERMAINE GREER'S 1970 MASTERPIECE OF SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM AND ONE OF THE FUNNIEST BOOKS OF PHILOSOPHY EVER WRITTEN, THE FEMALE EUNUCH. THE QUOTES ABOVE ARE PRETTY BLAND AND MOSTLY AMUSING FOR THEIR HISTORICAL ILLITERACY/BLATANT FALSIFICATIONS/SMUG ASSHOLERY. THE USUAL STUFF. BUT FROM HERE ON OUT IT'S GOING TO GET PRETTY GROSS.

A LOT OF THE QUOTES THIS WEEK HAVE BEEN CULLED FROM THE VERY LOWEST CIRCLES OF INTERNET HELL (TABLOID NEWS COMMENT SECTIONS, BODY-BUILDING FORUMS AND MEN'S RIGHTS GROUPS) AND ARE IGNORANT, UNCOMPREHENDING RESPONSES TO GREER AS A WOMAN RATHER THAN TO HER BOOK. AS A PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, GREER DRAWS A LOT OF FIRE FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES, VIRTUALLY ALL OF THEM FUCKING STUPID.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECORD THEM ANYWAY, FIRSTLY BECAUSE THE RESPONSES CONFIRM A LOT OF GREER'S MAIN THESES BY THEIR TONE AND CONTENT AND ARE THUS SELF-DEFEATING, SECONDLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO DOCUMENT AND EXPOSE THE DEEP CURRENTS OF WOMAN-HATRED IN OUR SOCIETY WHEN THEY SWELL SO OBVIOUSLY AND HIDEOUSLY TO THE SURFACE. MUCH OF THIS BILGE IS HILARIOUS IN ITS IMPOTENCE AND HELPLESS, BLUBBERING RAGE. HOWEVER, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE TRULY NASTY AND DISTURBING IN A WAY THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED ON THIS BLOG BEFORE, SO I'M WRITING THIS MESSAGE AS A CAUTION. THERE WILL BE TWO MORE POSTS ON GREER, ON THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, AND THEY WILL CONTAIN SOME VERY VIOLENT THREATS AND A LOT OF HORRIBLE SLURS. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.


"Look at her. She became a femi-Nazi so she could say she's doing something with her life."


"Modern Day Feminism=An external outlet for homely women who can't get laid to speak out about nothing at all and feel that much better about themselves for it."


"Germaine Greer,
You are a the most vile, repulsive, narrow minded, bitchy, useless, stupid, insensitive, not to mention, as ugly as a bucket of smashed crabs. The world would be a better place with you not in it. Are you completely retarded? Do you honestly believe what you are saying are the thoughts and sentiments of other Australians. I would thank you to speak only for yourself as I for one don’t want a whore bag like yourself speaking for me. Although the words I use to describe you are terrible they are not terrible enough and I wish I had your email address to contact you directly. Why don’t you supply a contact email for feedback, you gutless wench. You don’t deserve to walk this beautiful earth and do us all a favour and stay in England, or drop dead. The later would be preferred."


"Your sick little CUNT your a fuckign bitch he did nothign wrong at all u insesitive fuckign whore, he did more for animals then anyone, and u say they had there revenger, well words to the wise, Steve Erwins fans will have there revenge BITCH"