File 71-10-25 - Under Attack: Germaine Greer, K. Lang.

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Public domain.

Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Archives. Graphic Services fonds.

71-10-25_001, 71-10-25_002, 71-10-25_003, 71-10-25_004, 71-10-25_005, 71-10-25_006, 71-10-25_007, 71-10-25_008 & 71-10-25_009 appeared on Page 5 of the Wednesday, October 27, 1971 (v.12, n. 8) edition of the Gazette as part of the title: "Under Attack."

Shared photo caption for all published images: "The chemistry was good, for the most part, between Germaine Greer and audience in Theatre of the Arts, Oct. 21. Miss Greer, Australian-born author, academic and feminist, participated in taping of television talk show "Under Attack." Also participating was Otto Lang; both shows will be televised over commercial stations later. Photos here show, for the most part, results of exchanges between Miss Greer, panel and audience."

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_001: "I said to Playboy: Sure I'll pose for the centrefold, if you let me turn my back to the camera and look at you through my knees."

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_002: "(From the panel): Aren't you just a male chauvinist in female clothing?"

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_003: "I'm not only against marriage as an institution, I'm against the whole bag."

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_004: "(From the audience): Women love to be oppressed."

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_005: "In a society where prostitution is the rule, purity is the only privilege."

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_006: "(From the audience): Did you know that in Ontario pregnancy is considered an illness?"

Photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_007: "Alex Smith appears to ponder Germaine Greer's comment: Give us a little more leg there, baby!"

Shared photo caption for published version of 71-10-25_008 & 71-10-25_009: "UNDER ATTACK. Germaine Greer, Australian feminist and author of the book "The Female Eunuch" is seen with moderator Fred Davis (left) and attacking panellists Terry Hardy, Gynne Griffith and Rod MacCormick as TV show was taped last week in the Theatre of the Arts. Otto Lang is seen on picture on the right, parrying questions from Brian Duffy, Rick Wilson and John Dunbar. He is Minister of Manpower and Immigration in federal cabinet; Canadian immigration policies were criticized."

Photographs were taken by John W. Alexanders.