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Topic History of: Amateur photographer is quizzed by police (for taking snap of the sunset)
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veritas	I think there is a lot of confusion between feminism and the current 'pedo' hysteria and I don't think either are related. I've read the Female Eunuch (which Greer herself says is not very well written) and there is no connection between anything regarding females empowering themselves with equal rights with abuse. The current hysteria is tabloid and politically driven with an agenda. Some so-called feminists may have jumped on board but Greer is the first one to shout down those who promote this hysteria. One is Erin Pizzey who is now claiming her career as a 'feminist' was misguided but when you read her story of the hideous child-hood she had it appears she has confused elements of that with her choices in life. It's inevitable that those who are rabidly pushing this fear will use anything they can...and currently the feminist movement is under attack. In a way-it's like all 'movements'..they get hi-jacked along the way by others with agendas to the point where the pioneers like Betty Frieden and Co throw their hands up in despair. Political correctness'is another..hi-jacked by nitwits the world over.
notme	Germaine Greer published a book of nude photographs of adolescent boys a few years back. If she had been a 'dirty old man' instead of a famous feminist, she would have been imprisoned for producing child porn. I agree 100% with her point that we confuse child sexual abuse with the appreciation of youthful beauty. However, it is feminists like her - using old copy and paste arguments over 'sexual objectification' that she helped promote - who have been responsible for these draconian laws and hysteria over paedophilia. Perhaps she should be directing her comments against them rather than 'dirty old men'.
Jim	Thanks, Locked Out, If I understand correctly, you are putting forward the idea that those who loudly condemn paedophiles are themselves possessed of paedophile tendencies which they are anxious to deny, and that their outrage derives from an inner revulsion at their own sexual inclinations. Is that it? Certainly that view jives with the claim that ten times as many children are abused by their parents as by a stranger, because if that's the case, very many adults must have paedophile tendencies of some sort. It is also consistent with the claim by some that our culture in general sexualizes the young. Best wishes, Jim
Al	She made a similar point on BBC's Questin Time a while back and was accused by a member of the government of defending paedophiles. She seemed a bit baffled by his response and said how we confuse the pleasure many get from look at beautiful young people with the antics of a very few dirty old men. She was right, of course, but politicians and media make capital out of pedo scaremongering and so will resist any attempt to introduce a level of common sense.
veritas	this very point was made by Germaine Greer on a Aussie panel show tonight in her unique way..ranting that parents are terrifying their own children by listening to the media so their kids are being taught they must fear the streets and every bush when the most dangerous place for any kid is their very own home. Love Greer-she cuts through the bullshit and gets straight to the point.