A 'Single White Female'...

[i-need-a-martini]

Other than it being a great movie, it now applies to the description of womens representation in the Australian government.

There are 6 (I think?) Liberal women in Cabinet, yet only one is appointed a Minister. Of the 6, quite a few would have been Ministry material - Sussan Ley and Fiona Nash spring to mind as two quite sensible politicians. Plus there are the 'rising stars' that the Liberal Party trotted out on a regular basis during the campaign - Scott and O'Dwyer. 

I'll steer clear of the sexism jibes aimed at Abbott as I think this is another issue. Nor will I buy into the argument that ministers are selected on merit and not gender because we know that sexism is alive and well throughout any high level organisation be it private corporation or government management. So the latter is simply an excuse.

But what I am most interested in is what it says about Liberal candidateship - why is it so male dominated and why are the few women candidates pushed forward so 'flimsy' (for want of a betterword) that Abbott decides that they aren't fit for a ministry position?

Does being a Liberal mean that you are most likely to be male and most likely to vote for a male?

It's quite interesting isn't it?

[master*and*commander]

Well if they're knocking it at least shows that they have good manners.

[*pepe]

and abbott is sitting inside, leaning against the door  singing 'you keep a knockin' but you can't come in..'

[clair.de.lune]

pepe this is from elly

http://youtu.be/simatCov_SM

[freddie*rooster]

HaHaHa I want a pair of clogs like bogan Michelle's I ferret

[master*and*commander]

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@*pepe wrote:

and abbott is sitting inside, leaning against the door  singing 'you keep a knockin' but you can't come in..'

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Well then, if there are any qualified females, lets hope that they have the temerity to say "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down"

Perhaps the man does have inherant old fashioned or "traditional" values, perhaps he does need to be brought kicking and screaming into the modern era, but faults and positive attributes aside, the voting public have obviously decided that they believe that the good points outweigh the bad. The ideals that people have nurtured throughout their lives do not just become untrained over night. They take time.

Tony may not be perfect, and he will undoubtedly make mistakes during his term in office as a result, but he is the leader of the Party that was elected to run our country. At this stage, all we can really do is to wait and see just how well he does his job.

[carls*world]

The right "person" for the job, regardless of gender. If a woman is elevated purely on gender, then that is sexism. And vice versa. We should be, by the rantings and ravings continually going on, by this stage in time, ignoring the whole gender issue, as we should also be doing with race, and seeing every representative as "persons". Only then will equality prevail.