Germaine Greer has claimed female abuse victims of the #MeToo movement are “cashing in” and defended depictions of sexualised violence on TV.
Greer’s comments were made following criticism of sexualised violence in big budget TV dramas including the BBC’s hit series The Fall and Luther, as well as ITV thriller Paranoid.
The feminist author, 79, wrote in Radio Times that crime dramas currently receiving a backlash for gratuitous portrayals of violence against women are only trying to meet the desires of their audience.
Greer went so far as to suggest that large numbers of female viewers fantasised about sexual assault.