How have I never come across this wonderful interview!!! As an Australian woman of a certain age I've always been an admirer of Germaine ...and well Mavis ...an interviewer of equal calibre .. Love this ❤
I love Germaine Greer...she is a star...And so is the gorgeous, beautiful Mavis Nicholson...the greatest interviewer of all time! Sadly Mavis recently died...I loved her interviews and thankfully we can revisit them here on youtube...
Now She mentions it in this interview, Germaine Greer actually does have an animal magnetism & reminds Me very much in appearance of Anne Sexton here. I love Greer.
Whatever you may say about Dr Greer, for or against, she is spot on about the horrors of the corporate world and the relationship between husband and employer. Spot on.
Brilliant critique of Corporate culture. Paraphrasing: "Removing the man from his community and roots" by transfers and such to new locations. She is looking at this in way that I've not heard before. I read The Female Eunuch in college, but I don't recall her argument on this aspect of marriage. Of course that was long ago and in a galaxy far far away by now. I probably can't recall much of anything from college except for the overall impressions of certain professors. ;-)
This interview was given in 1984?? It could have been given in 2024, all her answers sound so contemporary!!! Greer is, once again, light years ahead of her time
My marriage is weird, I still love my man after 30 years. But, we live on a farm, make our own rules, have no employer. Grow our own clean food. I get breakfast in bed every morning for decades, Friday is my morning, afternoon us date day, for 30 years, no shit. Its because we stay at home, mostly, society is such a mess. Went to a café parents, 3 kids, youngest had no phone, looked so bored and neglected. We need to live in smaller units, more connected to nature.
@David it is, we both decided it's more important to be happy than right. Inside our home we discuss and decide, outside the home is where we do battle when needs be.
@David I love Greer too, she speaks get mind regardless of whether it makes her popular or not. In NZ here we sure did go along with the lockdown rules, it only makes sense. We were relatively unaffected. But the human animal can only know about 200 people, after that it's just statistic. How can can you know what people need without an eye to eye rapport?
@David well, they called the Spanish flu, but that started in Kansas!!! Its years before truth emerges from governments, usually when the liars are dead and beyond justice.
This show regularly went out at four in the afternoon (or thereabouts) if I remember correctly - it's difficult to imagine that happening nowadays unfortunately.
From a male perspective she has such an attractive personality, a fiery yet pragmatic view and delivered with such eloquence and humour. For those who are more intellectually driven she's an absolute dream boat. For those that aren't she's probably a nightmare :'D
I don't think that the interviewer comparing Germaine to Darwin is right. Maybe Freud because neither Greer nor Freud have any scientific validation for anything that they claimed. Marx caused a lot of trouble on the pretext of false human assumptions, and Germaine could be guilty of that.
5:14 And she is RIGHT. Unlimited sexual activity is NOT doing anything good to anyone. And yet young girls are basically being taught that promiscuity is somehow an aspiring lifestyle. It is NOT! It also makes you as a woman VERY unappealing to men, just as women don't really like the idea of dating a man who basically sleeps around when ever he can. If you detach Sex from the Love and the bonding between men and women, you turn sex into something completely meaningless and cold. And that is how you destroy a society.
I’ve always been very free spirited with sex, I enjoy sex with multiple men and am not ashamed. It’s a dance nobody had to teach me it gives me a great sense of power. I am a different woman in which I can seperate emotions from it, it’s a talent. I only go once with the one person then ghost them. Call me a bitch but it’s just the way I am.
A few facts you seem to be unaware of: 1. The majority of men do not, would not rape or coerce a woman into sex. The few "men" who would commit rape are totally repulsed by the overwhelming majority of men who are decent. 2. Some "women" have made false rape claims. Mercifully this is rare but it does happen. I know of a case when it was done due to religious prejudice. That in no way takes away from the genuine victims who are almost certainly the majority of complainants. 3. Some paedophiles are "women". 4. Some child sex abuse victims including myself are male. 5. While it is absolutely horrendous for a girl who is sexually abused: it is far harder for a boy in the same situation. While girls are generally believed, boys who are abused are stigmatised. 6. The feminist myth that "Boys who have been sexually abused grow up to be abusers" is not only false but is also very dangerous. It hinders male victims from coming forward. 7. The "patriarchal" justice system that you talk about absolutely abhors sex offenders. Especially paedophiles. Ask any person who has spent time in prison. These "patriarchal" prison guards when they get a chance routinely set up convicted sex-offenders to be beaten by their fellow inmates. Indeed that is what I would do if I was in a position to do so. Having said all that: one rape is one too many. One male paedophile is one too many. One female paedophile is one too many. The overwhelming majority of men and woman would not force sex upon another person. Especially a child. One point you do make is actually correct: there can tend to be a different perception towards the "Jack the lad" who can pull a different woman every weekend and the "slut" who can get laid by a different man every weekend. (Notice my inverted commas). "Jack the lad": the "slut" In reality these two characters need each other to survive. Is one better or worse than the other. Hope you will consider those points and be open to change. It would be great if you could spell out your attitude towards boys who have been abused.
Reasonable, factual statement: "Between 1 & 5 percent of the male population are paedophiles & that's a problem". Your unhinged reaction: "Sure, but whatabout kids who sexually assault adults tho? Consider that next time!"
love GG.. She has a brilliant mind that is much misinterpreted and maligned. Just wanted to say, on a lighter note.... what kind of dentists does she go to lol..i would be fairly surprised if my dentist had a playboy mag on the table, however dusty
She is now redundant as a social commentator. She is ego driven because that is all she has to offer. She provides only anectodal examples of her revelations. Does she really conduct proper sociological research? By the way, her fawning faux British accent in this interview is so contrived.
What a brilliant mind; open, curious, well read, sense of humor, fearless. She's a treasure!
Germaine Greer is good too.
Don’t agree with everything she believes but love hearing her. She’s smart and compassionate. Would love to meet her one day.
How have I never come across this wonderful interview!!!
As an Australian woman of a certain age I've always been an admirer of Germaine ...and well Mavis ...an interviewer of equal calibre ..
Love this ❤
God I love, Greer, she is so honest. "The truth will set you free, but, first it really pisses you off."
I love Germaine Greer...she is a star...And so is the gorgeous, beautiful Mavis Nicholson...the greatest interviewer of all time! Sadly Mavis recently died...I loved her interviews and thankfully we can revisit them here on youtube...
Two brilliant women talking seriously and with clear mutual respect.
No trivia, no nonsensical sidetracking. Superb.
She was so ahead of her time. What a lioness.
Well said
Perfect description!
@Rick Gross Putin or Winnie the Pooh?
Germaine Greer was ok too.
Now She mentions it in this interview, Germaine Greer actually does have an animal magnetism & reminds Me very much in appearance of Anne Sexton here. I love Greer.
She has always been a thoughtful articulate woman.
genius or bonkers too or bits of both but yeah.
Germaine too.
Whatever you may say about Dr Greer, for or against, she is spot on about the horrors of the corporate world and the relationship between husband and employer. Spot on.
Agreed. Stopped me cold; so recognizable.
Brilliant critique of Corporate culture. Paraphrasing: "Removing the man from his community and roots" by transfers and such to new locations. She is looking at this in way that I've not heard before. I read The Female Eunuch in college, but I don't recall her argument on this aspect of marriage. Of course that was long ago and in a galaxy far far away by now. I probably can't recall much of anything from college except for the overall impressions of certain professors. ;-)
Fine Mind. Honest woman. Honesty gives intelligence a head start, and she proves it.
This interview was given in 1984?? It could have been given in 2024, all her answers sound so contemporary!!! Greer is, once again, light years ahead of her time
My marriage is weird, I still love my man after 30 years. But, we live on a farm, make our own rules, have no employer. Grow our own clean food. I get breakfast in bed every morning for decades, Friday is my morning, afternoon us date day, for 30 years, no shit. Its because we stay at home, mostly, society is such a mess. Went to a café parents, 3 kids, youngest had no phone, looked so bored and neglected. We need to live in smaller units, more connected to nature.
@David it is, we both decided it's more important to be happy than right. Inside our home we discuss and decide, outside the home is where we do battle when needs be.
@David I love Greer too, she speaks get mind regardless of whether it makes her popular or not. In NZ here we sure did go along with the lockdown rules, it only makes sense. We were relatively unaffected. But the human animal can only know about 200 people, after that it's just statistic. How can can you know what people need without an eye to eye rapport?
@David well, they called the Spanish flu, but that started in Kansas!!! Its years before truth emerges from governments, usually when the liars are dead and beyond justice.
Good to hear a much more mature lady, also talking of India.
Germaine Greer is my godmother. She's wonderful.
Ashley, you lucky bugger.
She's a wonderful woman. I'm male born in 1986 and have learnt a lot from her.
Spiritually or in reality?
Any photos?
@@ktkee7161 In reality.
This show regularly went out at four in the afternoon (or thereabouts) if I remember correctly - it's difficult to imagine that happening nowadays unfortunately.
As this was now called A-Plus was this when the series moved to Channel Four?
"the most important relationship in a nuclear family is the relation between the man and his employer" uffff
That pandering “animal magnetism” question was cringe-making.
Lol. She ended up cancelled by men in dresses.
" worry is a useless thing to do, but thought is a good thing to indulge in from time to time " 😂
From a male perspective she has such an attractive personality, a fiery yet pragmatic view and delivered with such eloquence and humour.
For those who are more intellectually driven she's an absolute dream boat. For those that aren't she's probably a nightmare :'D
Playboy on the table at the dentist !? Bloody hell, what sort of dentist does she use ?
Magnificent magnificent Germaine.
I think Germaine Greer's views on sexual liberation is very much on point here and on ageism.
Love Mavis rip .. would like to see her interview Germaine Greer with Ann Widdecombe on gender issues haha
She's Awesome
What does pseuds corner mean?
It's a regular column in Private Eye (a satirical British magazine) listing pretentious, pseudo-intellectual quotations from the media.
Omg she talks n her gestures r like of Meryl Streep
That dingo stole moiyy baby!
Fascinating stuff.
Who is the interviewer lady?
Mavis Nicholson.
I don't think that the interviewer comparing Germaine to Darwin is right. Maybe Freud because neither Greer nor Freud have any scientific validation for anything that they claimed. Marx caused a lot of trouble on the pretext of false human assumptions, and Germaine could be guilty of that.
in the old days some of the interviewers asked some really rubbish questions.
Well, they were still fascinated by the tiresome concept of groupies.
True failed sexual relationships don't have to be internalised.
19:00 Excellent point
Mesmerised x
Yes, the nuclear family puts too much pressure on the mother and child.
RIP Mavis x
5:14 And she is RIGHT. Unlimited sexual activity is NOT doing anything good to anyone. And yet young girls are basically being taught that promiscuity is somehow an aspiring lifestyle. It is NOT! It also makes you as a woman VERY unappealing to men, just as women don't really like the idea of dating a man who basically sleeps around when ever he can. If you detach Sex from the Love and the bonding between men and women, you turn sex into something completely meaningless and cold. And that is how you destroy a society.
And women should care about how men approve of them why...?
As long as it is safe, consensual and respectful, it's absolutely no one else's business how much sex a woman (or man) chooses to have.
I’ve always been very free spirited with sex, I enjoy sex with multiple men and am not ashamed. It’s a dance nobody had to teach me it gives me a great sense of power. I am a different woman in which I can seperate emotions from it, it’s a talent. I only go once with the one person then ghost them. Call me a bitch but it’s just the way I am.
@@flipsidetruly1669 what for you denotes respectful, consentual etc
Yes mother in laws are resented by daughter in laws especially.
A few facts you seem to be unaware of:
1. The majority of men do not, would not rape or coerce a woman into sex. The few "men" who would commit rape are totally repulsed by the overwhelming majority of men who are decent.
2. Some "women" have made false rape claims. Mercifully this is rare but it does happen. I know of a case when it was done due to religious prejudice. That in no way takes away from the genuine victims who are almost certainly the majority of complainants.
3. Some paedophiles are "women".
4. Some child sex abuse victims including myself are male.
5. While it is absolutely horrendous for a girl who is sexually abused: it is far harder for a boy in the same situation. While girls are generally believed, boys who are abused are stigmatised.
6. The feminist myth that "Boys who have been sexually abused grow up to be abusers" is not only false but is also very dangerous. It hinders male victims from coming forward.
7. The "patriarchal" justice system that you talk about absolutely abhors sex offenders. Especially paedophiles. Ask any person who has spent time in prison. These "patriarchal" prison guards when they get a chance routinely set up convicted sex-offenders to be beaten by their fellow inmates. Indeed that is what I would do if I was in a position to do so.
Having said all that: one rape is one too many. One male paedophile is one too many. One female paedophile is one too many. The overwhelming majority of men and woman would not force sex upon another person. Especially a child. One point you do make is actually correct: there can tend to be a different perception towards the "Jack the lad" who can pull a different woman every weekend and the "slut" who can get laid by a different man every weekend. (Notice my inverted commas). "Jack the lad": the "slut" In reality these two characters need each other to survive. Is one better or worse than the other. Hope you will consider those points and be open to change. It would be great if you could spell out your attitude towards boys who have been abused.
I’m sure your stupid comment will change her whole way of thinking.
Reasonable, factual statement: "Between 1 & 5 percent of the male population are paedophiles & that's a problem".
Your unhinged reaction: "Sure, but whatabout kids who sexually assault adults tho? Consider that next time!"
Excellent comment!
love GG.. She has a brilliant mind that is much misinterpreted and maligned.
Just wanted to say, on a lighter note.... what kind of dentists does she go to lol..i would be fairly surprised if my dentist had a playboy mag on the table, however dusty
What a lot of bs ..get over it already my gosh..
She is now redundant as a social commentator. She is ego driven because that is all she has to offer.
She provides only anectodal examples of her revelations. Does she really conduct proper sociological research?
By the way, her fawning faux British accent in this interview is so contrived.
Aww do you need a safe space for your hurt feelings?
@@SharonVeeLee No...not at all..G.G. is passe. Thats all, her commentary no longer carries any weight.
Hasbeen.
@@ShaunaAllen-qn6lt I didn't know your opinion was everyone else's. Interesting. Care to invalidate her arguments?
@@ShaunaAllen-qn6lt She's 80 you cretin and has lived in Britain for more than 50 years.
That's how educated Australians sound. Have you seen that video of the epic Australian man getting arrested?
garbage indeed "oh men are attracted to you that gives you cachet" FFS!
The more you are attracted to women, the more enslaved to nature.
I'm quite a feminist; in fact I created a foundation for battered women;
it's extra thick, to hide the bruising
Good one