" Perhaps you have forgotten that infamous Pickering cartoon of Gillard having a dildo strapped to her so she could '**bleep**' the taxpayers. That cartoon and others like it were not simply an insult to her but an affront to the dignity of every woman in Australia"
Therein lies the heart of this topic, those here who identify with what they perceive, and in many cases rightly so, as to past insults/events in their lives, whether childhood or as adults (resonance) because of their gender.
As to "an affront to the dignity of every woman in Australia" I hardly think every woman in Australia would agree, in fact many would not know of, or give a hoot if they had seen the cartoon.
Face up to it, Gillard was presented the safe seat of Lalor by a bunch of men, she was given the position of PM by a bunch of men, and she was ousted from her Poor Me position by a bunch of men. The last with public approval and with a higher disapproval rating amongst men.
Politics is playing to the audience over time, not a once off sister feel-good jig scored to a hackneyed misogynist/sexist backing. The tune did not resonate with a majority of the electorate, or the party. Gillard proved that she was not tough enough to ever become "The Right Stuff"
I voted for Rudd in 2007 because of his background and non trade union background. I then voted for Gillard in 2010 mainly disregarding her background and because she was a woman. I certainly am not an Abbott supporter. Perhaps I will get the chance to vote for Shorten one day..
3rd time lucky?
@monman12 wrote:" Perhaps you have forgotten that infamous Pickering cartoon of Gillard having a dildo strapped to her so she could '**bleep**' the taxpayers. That cartoon and others like it were not simply an insult to her but an affront to the dignity of every woman in Australia"
Therein lies the heart of this topic, those here who identify with what they perceive, and in many cases rightly so, as to past insults/events in their lives, whether childhood or as adults (resonance) because of their gender.
As to "an affront to the dignity of every woman in Australia" I hardly think every woman in Australia would agree, in fact many would not know of, or give a hoot if they had seen the cartoon.
Face up to it, Gillard was presented the safe seat of Lalor by a bunch of men, she was given the position of PM by a bunch of men, and she was ousted from her Poor Me position by a bunch of men. The last with public approval and with a higher disapproval rating amongst men.
Politics is playing to the audience over time, not a once off sister feel-good jig scored to a hackneyed misogynist/sexist backing. The tune did not resonate with a majority of the electorate, or the party. Gillard proved that she was not tough enough to ever become "The Right Stuff"
I voted for Rudd in 2007 because of his background and non trade union background. I then voted for Gillard in 2010 mainly disregarding her background and because she was a woman. I certainly am not an Abbott supporter. Perhaps I will get the chance to vote for Shorten one day..
3rd time lucky?
Maybe I should have said "insult" rather than affront." If some women are too brainwashed to recognise an insult when they see it that doesn't make it any less of an insult.
It's not that long ago that indigenous people were being called precious for objecting to some of the words in Tie Me Kangaro Down Sport. "Let me abos go loose, Lou, let me abos go loose, theyre of no further use Lou, so let me abos go loose. and unlike Pickering's cartoons, that was at least penned without deliberate malice.
