The Real Morgentaler
"I won't deny there's an inconsistency," Morgentaler answered. "Maybe I've deluded myself" ... He then turned to his "self-published" poetry. In The Goddess of the Golden Breast, he writes: "A suckling baby am I/Nursing at the golden breast ... /Sometimes I would like to devour the breast that is feeding me/To tear at the nipple and bite it ... /I hate and curse the breast and the mother/I smash the goddess to bits/I look at myself, helpless, small, and hungry/And cry." No wonder the guy's been in Freudian therapy "for a long time." This isn't just bad poetry. It's seriously disturbing. Its misogynism alone should disqualify Morgentaler from receiving the Order of Canada.