i'm very happy for germaine greer that she does not seem for germaine greer that she does not seem to women than seeing your best friend blown up by an ied is to veteran? i actually do have friends who have served in afghanistan and iraq and i have spoken about my experience with some of them in depth and she does not question my having ptsd, she com pletely question my having ptsd, she completely understands. she does not think that my experience is not worthy of it. i was drugged and raped by a stranger, i woke up in a hotel room next to somebody i had literally never seen before. i think ifi literally never seen before. i think if i were feeling ok about it i probably wouldn't be doing very well. we have spoken to you on the programme before and clearly you have waived your right to anonymity. i have. sophie, what do you think of some of these comments, most rape is just lazy, careless, insensitive. "most rape is just lazy, just careless, just insensitive. every time a man rolls over on his exhausted wife and insists on enjoying his conjugal rights he is raping her. it will never e

yes, and might say, and i have never said this, and i feel i should, i remembered germaine greer, and it. and in everything — there is a justifiable reference to everything in that movie. and when the press and germaine greer came out and attacked an actual stolen generation academic, aboriginal academic, ijust thought, like, you know, i'll let time answer that. but nothing we do we research lightly. but what it put in my head was that the arc of your career to you away from australia to the united states, where you spend most of your time. but in a funny sort of way, you could make an argument that australia is moving towards you. i don't, obviously, mean geographically... come over here, australia. butjust in terms of what is happening in that country, today. example, we speak just after and nation—wide, non—binding referendum, which has seen australians... about time. but it has seen australians overwhelmingly approve the idea of gay marriage. do you see your australia becoming more tolerant and open? first of all, for the first time i have not been back in my own country for maybe

controversial feminist germaine greer has sparked outrage by saying that most rape is simply " bad sexrvivors as well as campaign groups, who described her comments as an insult to victims of crimes such as rape. miss greer told the hay festival that most people found guilty of rape should have an "r" tattooed on their hand or cheek and given 200 hours of community service, rather than a prison sentence. joining me is criminal defence lawyer, penny muir. penny, i don't know, you may have defended people accused of rape, have you? defended people accused of rape, have you ? allan defended people accused of rape, have you? allan i have, yes, i defend anyone who comes my way and needs a defence. people charged with rape need a defence, it is the law. whatjermaine grey rape need a defence, it is the law. what jermaine grey is rape need a defence, it is the law. whatjermaine grey is saying, though and she is talking about all sorts of cases, clearly —— what germaine greer is saying is shocking, to say the least, isn't it? well, it is very peculiar she is saying it, she has long been a hero