Who is Germaine Greer

Born: 29/01/39
Nationality: Australian
Marital Status: Divorced
Children: None
Occupation: Writer, Lecturer, Commentator

'I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.'

'Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.'

'The compelled mother loves her child as the caged bird sings. The song does not justify the cage nor the love the enforcement.'

'Women are reputed never to be disgusted. The sad fact is that they often are, but not with men; following the lead of men, they are most often disgusted with themselves.'

'Yet if a woman never lets herself go, how will she ever know how far she might have got? If she never takes off her high-heeled shoes, how will she ever know how far she could walk or how fast she could run?'

'Australia is a huge rest home, where no unwelcome news is ever wafted on to the pages of the worst newspapers in the world.'