Who is the minister for men?

[donnashuggy]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/tony-abbott-minister-for-women-no-thanks-20130919-2u179.html

This is really quite funny isn't it?

[*ibis]

donna you get more of an audience with your "abbott looks like an ape" routine

this isnt going anywhere. stick to your strengths

[donnashuggy]

Hi ibis 🙂

I don't think he looks like one, he just has the 'walk'

[cherry*135 · Accepted solution]

So he can personally make sure women are kept in their place (which is at home and doing the ironing).

While I think men and women are equal, they are also different and I think it’s inevitable and I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all that we always have, say, more women doing things like physiotherapy and an enormous number of women simply doing housework.” Tony AbbottHerald-Sun 06/08/2010.

[kennedia_nigricans]

yeh am,

but only  cos he believes that physiotherapy is an euphemism for erotic massage.

[i-need-a-martini · Accepted solution]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

It is such a slap in the face, I don't think we can under-estimate this man.

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I agree entitely. That's exactly what it feels like as a woman - a slap in the face.

I can't believe he could assume the role given the perception he has created.

Does he think this will make him look more supportive of women? Has he done it because he thinks it will boost his own popularity with women?

And given the lack of women in his own cabinet, it seems to me that it would have been a perfect portfolio to give to a couple of women that didn't even get a look in - I am thinking specifically about Sussan Ley.

I just don;t understand...

[freakiness · Accepted solution]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@donnashuggy wrote:

It is such a slap in the face, I don't think we can under-estimate this man.

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I agree entitely. That's exactly what it feels like as a woman - a slap in the face.

I can't believe he could assume the role given the perception he has created.

Does he think this will make him look more supportive of women? Has he done it because he thinks it will boost his own popularity with women?

And given the lack of women in his own cabinet, it seems to me that it would have been a perfect portfolio to give to a couple of women that didn't even get a look in - I am thinking specifically about Sussan Ley.

I just don;t understand...

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He's just trying to prove women should know their place and stay in it so he can rebuild the old white boys club he's so fond of.

[kennedia_nigricans]

i think it's denial.

something that is so bad/irrational that it cannot possibly be true....you blend it out of your mind cos accepting it as reality would maybe damage your mind. so your brain just switches off into "i do not understand" mode.

i am talking about/to martini, not to frakiness sorry misclicked

[lakeland27]

bonkers . when the negative assesments of rudds character were doing the rounds i know who the author actually used to inspire the character he described.

[debra9275]

I reckon he's called himself minster for women thinking it will change his image and make him more appealing