Germaine Greer- is she being treated fairly?

Dinosaur?thats ageism,It's her opinion for goodness sake.They can disagree.Most of the time she's right any way.How can they be proper female,with a few exceptions.Adult people discuss things sanely.Another thing she's right about,feminist today have completely lost the plot.

I'm no fan of Germaine Greer, particularly since she supported FGM on the grounds that it was cultural imperialism to say it was wrong for women to undergo FGM, apparently not recognising that it's young girls who are subject to its practice.

I've no idea if she's since changed her opinions on this.

However, I think she's right that a man can't become a woman by virtue of surgery.

Greer is more of a disappointment every time I see her now. I simply can't understand where she is coming from.

Ok what would germaine's gransnet name be?
Grumpyolderwomanwhoneverwasaman

I tend to agree, she is disappointing isn't she. I Saw her on The News Quiz and she did come over as stuck in the past and lacking a spark or humour

thatbags

I'd like to respect the woman as she did a lot for feminism back in the day but whenever I see/hear her on TV or radio now she just seems like a dinosaur, completely out of touch. Perhaps she should retire gracefully. Perhaps she's on GN? Eek.

Some students, I should say. That daft ones who seem to have positions in students' unions.

Why don't they bloody argue with her instead of banning her? Idiots.

What's going on is that students have turned into intellectual cannibals.

Or twits.

So, has she never lectured at Cambridge since the 90s?

It happened

Gosh. I'm surprised and disappointed at her. I'd always respected her.

www.tcs.cam.ac.uk/news/0033654-i-don-t-believe-in-transphobia-germaine-greer-speaks-out-at-the-union.html
Here's some info I found, about it. The fellowship incident happened in the 1990's

Meant opposed not apposed , sorry

Not the full story, Germain not only expressed her views on transgender , she apposed the fellowship of a transgender colleague , her campaign was on the grounds that the woman was not a woman but a transgendered person, this caused upset at Cambridge and Ms Greer was unsuccessful in her opposition. So more than free speech surely? It was her fight to stop the woman being awarded the fellowship that has caused a transgender group in Cardiff to appeal to the Cardiff University to cancel the lecture

Did she say anything further about transgender women? When did she say it - recently?

I think this appalling. It is an abrogation of free speech.