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'Most rapes are just bad sex,' says feminist Germaine Greer regarding punishment for rape to be reduced

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 31 May 2018, 17:48 IST

Australian feminist Germaine Greer, sparked controversy by calling for the punishment for rape to be reduced and saying that most rapes are just bad sex.

She spoke at the Hay literary festival in the UK, where she said that society should not see rape as a "spectacularly violent crime," suggesting that offenders should be sentenced to 200 hours' community service and perhaps an "r" tattoo on the rapist's hand, arm or cheek.

"Most rapes don't involve any injury whatsoever. We are told it's one of the most violent crimes in the world -- bull. Most rape is just lazy, just careless, just insensitive," she said, according to British press reports.

She publicized her new book "The Female Eunuch," at the festival and her comments sparked rage on social media. Previously also she made provocative remarks that have garnered her publicity.

According to her, transgender women are "not women," female genital mutilation is like getting a tattoo and has slammed the #Metoo movement.

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She continued, "I want to turn the discourse about rape upside down. We are not getting anywhere approaching it down the tunnel of history."

Former UK cabinet minister Priti Patel called Greer's views "sickening."

"These comments are an affront to the victims of appalling crimes such as rape. We should have zero tolerance of sexual violence," she was quoted as saying by the Mail.

Commentators expressed their disappointment at her comments on Twitter.

Greer also spoke about her rape that was committed at a party days before her 19th birthday. She had not been "angry enough" with her attacker, she said.

"I can hear feminists screaming 'you're trivialising rape' but we shouldn't live in terror of the penis. Why are we genuflecting in front of this poor little thing that needs all the help it can get," she added.

First published: 31 May 2018, 17:48 IST