Sexism is not real in Australia! is it?

[freakiness]

For all those who keep repeating that Prime Minister Gillard has not been the target of sexist attacks since she won the last election battle what do you call today's events?

First the Army.

Then the Tim is gay attack on Gillard.

Are you really ready to accept these behaviours as the norm for your daughters and sons? 

[freakiness]

Unbelievable is how they still blame Gillard for the sexism. If she didn't dare to take the top job instead of meekly handing over to Abbott none of this would be happening.

[love*today]

Exactly freaky!

[izabsmiling]

Too much of the childish 'she made him/them do it" attitude 

[rabbitearbandicoot]

Sexism is not real in Australia! is it?

feminist says: "because he's a man and men are naturally ignorant."

[freakiness]

Sexism is not real in Australia! is it?

feminist says: "because he's a man and men are naturally ignorant."

Typical, deny the problem by deflecting it back onto women. 

That's the way.

[izabsmiling]

Sexism dogs women in power

DateJune 15, 2013

Damien Murphy

The mood was jubilant as Australian football coach Holger Osieck fronted the press, after his team's 4-0 win over Jordan seemingly put the national side on the road to the World Cup in Brazil next year. But his casual remark to a room of reporters that women should shut up in public life effortlessly tarnished the victory.

It could be put down to sports-world oafishness, but then a menu for a Queensland Coalition candidate fund-raiser dinner put the Prime Minister's privates into the national conversation. Among the main courses on offer was a dish called Moroccan quail: ''Julia Gillard Kentucky Fried Quail Small Breasts and Huge Thighs and a Big Red Box.''

Electorally stricken, Julia Gillard is now, apparently, fair game. Nobody ever aimed such insults at Malcolm Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating, John Howard or Kevin Rudd. Nor has what goes on behind the bedroom door in The Lodge been considered an appropriate subject for discussion.

But nine days short of the third anniversary of being sworn in as Prime Minister, Julia Gillard is like a woman being stoned to death in an ancient ritual. Indignities have been heaped on her by an Australia where men behaving badly suddenly seems to have been exposed as the secret default position of many.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/sexism-dogs-women-in-power-20130614-2o9j7.html#ixzz2WL4aol8q

[freakiness]

http://theaimn.com/2013/06/14/an-open-letter-to-the-mainstream-media/

Dear Mainstream Media,

I know we haven’t exactly got along in the past, but I’m just writing to let you know the status of our relationship is now in an emergency zone. I’m no longer just pissed off. I’ve reached the point of contempt. It’s not like I didn’t already know you were a broken-record narrative, full of bias, inaccuracy and completely anti-balance, but now I have a fictional model of just how good you could be if you gave a shit. And this just makes the reality of your inadequacy even more obvious. Yes, I’m watching Aaron Sorkin’s Newsroom and it’s completely depressing.

Since you probably haven’t watched Newsroom, and if you have you’re no doubt laughing it off just like your biggest defender, @sclark_melbs, calling it ‘fictional’ and ‘drama’, I thought it might be timely to let you know you could really learn something from this television series. And yes, you can learn something from fictional stories – they are just words formed into ideas which, after all, is your stock-in-trade..... continues....

[rabbitearbandicoot]

Typical, deny the problem by deflecting it back onto women. 

That's the way.

Hey! I wasn't deflecting anything - I was just agreeing that sexism is real - FROM BOTH SIDES.

[freakiness]

Hey! I wasn't deflecting anything - I was just agreeing that sexism is real - FROM BOTH SIDES.

Oh look, he does it again.

Exactly, deflect and defend sexism by saying it's the same for men as it is for women.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

Oh look, he does it again.

Exactly, deflect and defend sexism by saying it's the same for men as it is for women.

You know what? I'd hate to be your husband / partner .... because there's obviously no pleasing you.