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- From: Lenore Levine <levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu>
- Newsgroups: soc.feminism
- Subject: Re: Germaine Greer (and disgust for the body)
- Date: 21 Nov 1992 00:43:58 GMT
- Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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- One of the things I really dislike about the writings of Camille
- Paglia, is her expressed disgust for the female body; for example,
- calling female genitals "ugly."
-
- However, I do not feel any more comfortable with expressions of
- disgust for the male body. One is the home I live in, the other
- the home of those I love...
-
- In particular, I read a quote from Germaine Greer in a popular
- magazine. They were quoting from her book on the menopause.
-
- I forget the exact words attributed to her; but basically, she
- was saying that she did not have sexual relationships with
- men her own age, because their bodies were too disgusting.
- Some talk about fat, skinny, pot bellies, gray hair, bald, etc. --
- I don't remember the exact words she used, I don't remember
- what her preferred alternative is (women, younger men, herself,
- sheep) but the tone of disgust was unmistakable. She wasn't
- just expressing her preferences, she was implying that the
- people whose bodies she did not prefer were repulsive.
-
- Well, maybe this lady was quoted wrong, but if she was not --
- how dare she talk this trash and call herself a feminist!
-
- Being particularly interested in women's issues does not
- allow us to emotionally abuse other humans, just because
- they are men!
-
- Lenore Levine
- levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu
-
- P.S. And you know what, Camille Paglia is gay and Germaine
- Greer is straight. Figures...
-
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