Author Germaine Greer stirs furor with call for lighter rape penalty

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Author Germaine Greer stirs furor with call for lighter rape penalty

May 31 2018

The Australian author and academic Germaine Greer, one of the most contrarian voices on feminism, has stirred a furor by dismissing rape as "bad sex" and calling for a lower penalty for perpetrators of sexual assault.

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