Germaine Greer on trans women: I could call myself a Cocker Spaniel
Germaine Greer has continued to defend her anti-trans comments, insisting she could ācall herself a Cocker Spanielā but wouldnāt be accepted as one.
Speaking to the Victoria Derbyshire Show recently, feminist author Germaine Greer claimed: āJust because you lop off your d**k and then wear a dress doesnāt make you a f***ing woman.
āIāve asked my doctor to give me long ears and liver spots and Iām going to wear a brown coat but that doesnāt turn me into a f***ing cocker spaniel.
āA man who gets his d**k chopped off is actually inflicting an extraordinary act of violence on himself.ā
She repeated her comments on Newsnight this week ā after a āreview of the yearā clip marked the landmark moment that Caitlyn Jenner came out.
Repeating her previous comments, she said: āAre we really interested in Caitlyn Jenner, honestly?
āYou know, I donāt mind her calling herself a woman. I could call myself a Cocker Spaniel. I donāt think Cocker Spaniels would accept me if I did.
āThe interesting thing about this is for indigenous people for example, you can get to choose who belongs to your group. I wanted to be a Jew from the time I was born, but I couldnāt be a Jew.ā
However, the feminist author added that she does believe in rights for people who are born intersex ā not decisively male or female.
She said: āIām very interested in intersex. Far from being transphobic, I actually think intersex is an important state of life and should be allowed to exist.
āBut what do we do with intersex children? We operate on them as newborns and give them what we think are appropriate genitalia.ā
It is the latest in the string of comments Greer has made about gender identity ā despite insisting the issue is not important to her.
She claimed earlier this month: āThere are men who have been married and who have had children and who believe theyāve been women all along.
āI donāt believe them. Sorry, you can hold a knife to my throat. I donāt believe you.ā
