Germaine Greer on 'On Rage' - ABC Melbourne - Australian.
According to Germaine Greer, rape is not an “extraordinary act carried out by monsters.” Instead, it is a commonplace act, far more likely to happen at the hands of a thoughtless partner than those of a violent stranger. For the most part, it also goes unpunished. Only a tiny number of cases reach the courts. Those that do usually fail, and often create additional trauma for the victim. We.
On Rage is Germaine Greer's enduring essay about Aboriginal dispossession. With characteristic acuity and passion, Greer looks to the causes of rage and its consequences in Indigenous Australian men. Originally published six months after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008, this is an urgent and provocative examination of disempowerment by one of Australia's.
On Rage is Germaine Greer's powerful essay about Aboriginal dispossession. With characteristic acuity and passion Greer looks to the causes of rage and its consequences in Aboriginal men.
Ms Greer made the controversial comments on Wednesday at the Hay Festival, an annual literature event in Wales. The Female Eunuch author said the “official position” that 70 per cent of rape.
Greer offers a cogent, numbing and utterly convincing account of the rage experienced by male aboriginal Australians. Her analysis highlights both the source of this rage and its impact on aboriginal communities. The black man’s rage is in no way of his own making, it is simply a natural and deep rooted response that any human would feel to events and circumstances.
Germaine Greer's astonishing attack on me in her slight essay, On Rage, struck me as one of these mutant attacks. It is a cleverly disguised but nonetheless racist attack on Aboriginal people. Some will find this conclusion shocking, but let me explain. First, the attention-seeking behaviour of Greer and her publisher is not helpful. She and her media entourage should stop baiting Aborigines.
Get this from a library! On rage. (Germaine Greer) -- On rage is Germaine Greer's enduring essay about Aboriginal dispossession. With characteristic acuity and passion, Greer looks to the causes of rage and its consequences in Indigenous Australian men.