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The famous feminist Germaine Greer has complained about the fact the Elton's John's husband has been named as the mother on the kids' birth certificates.

Germaine Greer slams Elton John because his husband David Furnish is named as 'mother' on birth certificates of their two sons

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• Sir Elton is listed as 'father' and Furnish as 'mother' for Zachary and Elijah
• She said it's example of how motherhood concept has been deconstructed
• The activist also criticised IVF - the process in which his sons were born
• Singer was embroiled in another high-profile row with Docle & Gabbana
  

Germaine Greer has criticised gay parents Elton John and David Furnish for listing a man as the mother on the birth certificates of their two sons.

She said the move was an example of how the concept of motherhood has 'been deconstructed' - before going on to criticise the process of IVF.

Sir Elton is listed as the father and Furnish as the mother on the documents for their sons Zachary, four, and Elijah, two.

Both children were born to the same California-based surrogate mother – who the couple said they love 'like a sister' – and both share the same anonymous egg donor.

She is the latest celebrity to voice disapproval of Sir Elton, 68, and Furnish, 52.

Sir Elton was recently embroiled in a high-profile row with Italian fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana who called their IVF children 'synthetic'.

The singer hit back at the comments made by Dolce to an Italian magazine and called for a boycott of the fashion house.

Sir Elton said: 'How dare you refer to my beautiful children as 'synthetic'. And shame on you for wagging your judgemental little fingers at IVF - a miracle that has allowed legions of loving people, both straight and gay, to fulfil their dream of having children.'

Speaking at the Hay Festival, 76-year-old Miss Greer said: 'Sometimes I think that really the problem is the concept of motherhood, which we can't give any real structure to.

Sir Elton John and his "wife" David Furnish have entered on the birth certificate of their two sons that David Furnish is the mother. I'm sorry. That will give you an idea of how the concept of motherhood has emptied out. It's gone. It's been deconstructed.'

Miss Greer, who penned best-selling book The Female Eunuch in 1970, went on to criticise the process of IVF, by which the couples' children were born.

'We now have a "genetic" mother, who supplies eggs. It depends entirely on where she is if she is going to be allowed to know what happens to the eggs. And women tend to care.

'An egg is not a sperm, we do not produce 400million of them in one go. One miserable little egg pops every month.

'Then they give you follicle stimulating hormones and you have seventeen or something [eggs] and they give you cut price IVF and distribute the rest of your eggs where they see fit.

'In some places you are allowed to know what happens to them, in other places you are not. What you get is a reduced bill for IVF because a child is being born by the people involved using your eggs.

'I'm sorry. Did we talk about this? Did we sit down and talk about what eggs mean to women?'

The Australian-born activist went on to make the bold claim that she suspects the 1967 Abortion Act was only introduced because of lobbying from the fertility industry.

'The whole discourse has been distorted from the beginning by the fertility industry. I've been thinking about this lately, and I've got a suspicion, which I need to investigate properly, that we got legalised abortion precisely because the fertility industry needed it.

'It wasn't us. It certainly wasn't us. We could have marched until our feet fell off and they wouldn't have bothered to give us access to abortion. They were the ones who wanted to be able to terminate pregnancies and manipulate the products of conception at will.'

Speaking about Liberal Democrat politician David Steel, who was responsible for introducing the Abortion Act to parliament, she added: 'He is a politician. He could only make an act after the fertility barons told him what they needed. They are very powerful the medico-legal establishment.'

I think this is total bullshit. I don't think a man should ever be named as the mother. I think the real mother's name should have been listed, or it should have been left blank. A man can never be the mother. One has to wonder what kind of arsehole government registrar allowed this to happen.

If this can happen then it's also very easy to put a tranny as the mother too.

Post: #2

So a feminist bashing a gay couple? Talk about SJW friendly fire.

Post: #3

(05-26-2015 12:42 PM)Goldhawkstar Wrote:  So a feminist bashing a gay couple? Talk about SJW friendly fire.

Remember, these people are really only in an alliance of convenience. It's the classic case of a coalition.

Schisms between feminism and the LGBT crowd are real and they will increase. They're only being masked because both sects believe that they have to band together to fight the omnipotently sinister cis straight white male.

Post: #4

Germaine Greer is an interesting character. There was an article once where she said she regretted not having children.

I still hold out hope that she'll recant her views now that she's seen the results, but maybe it's too much of a loss of face.

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(05-26-2015 02:46 PM)Surreyman Wrote:  Germaine Greer is an interesting character. There was an article once where she said she regretted not having children.

I still hold out hope that she'll recant her views now that she's seen the results, but maybe it's too much of a loss of face.

I think she can see the writing on the wall if this is taken to it’s logical conclusion. Feminism is about advancing women (and shitting on men), and the primary role of a biological woman is to be a mother.

If a man can be the mother (in a legal sense), then what value do women have?

Post: #6

"Elton John's Husband Named as Mother on Childrens’ Birth Certificates"

Did he birth them out of his arse???

Post: #7

Awesome. Greer's really losing it.

The issue of the birth certificate aside, for Greer to be blaming the gays & IVF for 'deconstructing motherhood' is a massive case of pot-kettle-black. Her decline is going well & I'm enjoying the show so far.

The last time she reared her nasty little head she came out on national TV attacking the then first female Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard for... wait for it... her wardrobe choices.

Oh Germaine. What a tangled web we weave...

Post: #8

(05-26-2015 03:13 PM)Guitarman Wrote:  "Elton John's Husband Named as Mother on Childrens’ Birth Certificates"

Did he birth them out of his arse???

I think things are more likely to go up his arse rather than come out of it

Post: #9

Looks like having a gender description of any kind for the child on a birth certificate could be going out of style soon in at least one Canadian jurisdiction: http://www.canada.com/life/Human+Rights+...2a9b9780de

Quote:The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has agreed to review complaints filed by the Trans Alliance Society and a handful of transgender and intersex individuals, who argue that doctors should stop assigning the sex of a baby based on a quick inspection of the baby’s genitals at birth when there’s a possibility they may identify under a different gender, or no gender, years later.

If the gender description for the child goes, it doesn't make much sense to quibble over who is the "mother" or the "father" as they too would be equally "socially constructed".



I swear SJWs won't be satisfied until the pull the entire world down in flames with them.

Post: #10

As Henry Kissinger once said about the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88): "Is there a way that both lose?"

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(05-26-2015 12:42 PM)Goldhawkstar Wrote:  So a feminist bashing a gay couple? Talk about SJW friendly fire.

Let's hope both sides call in artillery and air support. And just blow it all up, this bs alliance they have.

Post: #12

I find this hilarious because they are together to try and eliminate gender but when a gay MAN claims to be the mother on a birth certificate the feminists get their panties in a bunch. I thought gender is a social construct........

Post: #13

I don't get it on any level. Why would he want to identify as a mother even as a gay guy? Am I missing something or don't gays try to argue that they can be homo and masculine at the same time or some such nonsense like that?

Post: #14

I thought feminists wanted womanhood and motherhood to be arbitrary concepts.

Post: #15

I got a girl pregnant from anal sex.

The kid looked like shit.

Post: #16

Such bullshit. The traditional nuclear family is dead.

You know in family court the judge follows something called The Tender Years Doctrine that says a kid is better off in the mother's custody up until a certain age like 10 or so. I wonder who gets custody and alimony in gay divorce court

Post: #17

(05-26-2015 03:13 PM)Guitarman Wrote:  "Elton John's Husband Named as Mother on Childrens’ Birth Certificates"

Did he birth them out of his arse???

(possibly NSFW/L)

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Greer is smart enough to see the writing on the wall and is leading a feminist rearguard action. As more and more men realize the horrible deal that a marriage is, they are abandoning it. Many men now give the only reason to marry now is to have kids, but what Elton and co. are showing is that you don't need a woman to have a kid- you only need an egg and a surrogate.

The quote below shows that Greer understands that IVF is like a discount sale on eggs driving the price down. Now for 20 grand or so you can get an egg and have it grown into YOUR baby- which no woman can claim. It's like the opposite of a two-for-one deal. You get the baby but you don't have to take the bitch in the deal.

Quote:'An egg is not a sperm, we do not produce 400million of them in one go. One miserable little egg pops every month.

'Then they give you follicle stimulating hormones and you have seventeen or something [eggs] and they give you cut price IVF and distribute the rest of your eggs where they see fit.

'In some places you are allowed to know what happens to them, in other places you are not. What you get is a reduced bill for IVF because a child is being born by the people involved using your eggs.

Post: #19

And sick of all this 'Sir' bullshit.

Post: #20

Quote:I think this is total bullshit. I don't think a man should ever be named as the mother. I think the real mother's name should have been listed, or it should have been left blank. A man can never be the mother. One has to wonder what kind of arsehole government registrar allowed this to happen.

If this can happen then it's also very easy to put a tranny as the mother too.

So then the real mother has her name stating she's the mother on an official document...it's not like Elton has something to lose by making such a gamble - he's only worth about 500 million, and it's not like the family court system in the west hasn't pulled similar or worse things on less...

But as for Ms. Greer's stance, you know what it's really about?

Elton John: Music superstar loved by billions, two young children, net worth estimated at $500 Million.

Germaine Greer: Cunty, self-important feminist with no major international fanfare, no 500 million dollar net worth and no children.

Post: #21

Looks like Elton wears the pants in the relationship.

Post: #22

(05-26-2015 08:47 PM)Soma Wrote:  

(05-26-2015 03:13 PM)Guitarman Wrote:  "Elton John's Husband Named as Mother on Childrens’ Birth Certificates"

Did he birth them out of his arse???

(possibly NSFW/L)

Post: #23

(05-26-2015 07:34 PM)Sombro Wrote:  I got a girl pregnant from anal sex.

The kid looked like shit.

Funny you mention that.

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenti...7358342863

Quote:The woman was born with what’s called a cloacal malformation. Meaning: When she was born, she did not have a urethra, vagina, and anus. She just had one hole, called a cloaca. (Incidentally, birds have them.) The condition is incredibly rare, occurring in about one in 25,000 female live births, says Dr Steixner (and only in girls). While no one knows what causes it, it is usually diagnosed at birth and repaired right away so that the baby has a separate urethra, vagina, and rectum

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(05-26-2015 09:54 PM)TornadoByProxy Wrote:  And sick of all this 'Sir' bullshit.

That's his name. Elton John has been knighted, so he should be addressed as Sir Elton John now instead or Mr. Elton John.