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@icyfroth wrote:

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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Ms Gillard needed to "man up" to it, otherwise prove herself not equal to the "boys club"!

 

 

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Oh, you must be joking!  Do you mean that women have to put up with crude sexist insults to be respected? 

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No I'm not joking. Women need to show themselves ABOVE crude sexist jokes to be respected.

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No, the perpetrators of the crude sexist jokes need to stop with the sexism.

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@izabsmiling wrote:

what if they put it on the net ?

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Yeah I'd be pretty cheesed off on the inside but I'd still get on with the job.

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So you'd not do anything about sexism. Just let it fester away and let your reception areas get plastered with porn and let the men grope you or call you a **bleep** when they want your attention?

Are you on the same rate of pay as the men in your workplace?

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@margomeoz wrote:

I find it hard to believe that any woman and some real men who have listened to Julia last night or tonight could have anything but the

utmost respect for her.

 

I find her a very strong woman in every way.

 

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It is apparent that some commenting did not watch the interview, or listen to it either. They probably cought the News Corp based discussion about it from the morning tabloids.

For those who say she is treated the same as a man would be would you mind explaining why she is still being attacked 3 years later for "knifing" Rudd?

Where is the same outrage over the Victorian Premier that "knifed" his leader or the NT Chief Minister that "knifed" his boss while his boss was OS? Looks like it's only a travesty when a woman is involved.

So you'd not do anything about sexism. Just let it fester away and let your reception areas get plastered with porn and let the men grope you or call you a **bleep** when they want your attention?

far out

now youre just being ridiculous

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@*ibis wrote:

So you'd not do anything about sexism. Just let it fester away and let your reception areas get plastered with porn and let the men grope you or call you a **bleep** when they want your attention?

 

far out

 

now youre just being ridiculous

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No, what is ridiculous is the level of acceptance and defence some people have for blatant sexism.

Julia Gillard, atonement and a wonderful wave of lady rage

In her first public appearance since being deposed as Prime Minister Julia Gillard was welcomed onto the Opera House stage to the song ‘Respect’.  The audience rose to echo by action, those words of Aretha Franklin.  Because respect was a sentiment Gillard was rarely shown in office.  

It was a friendly crowd – but not just a feminist’s night out that can be dismissed as a leftie cheer squad.  Many were not there to laud Julia Gillard’s every achievement but to celebrate her survival of a sorry sexist system.  To give her a group hug in recognition that their nation had bad misogynistic manners.  And to thank her for going first.......

...........As our first female Prime Minister accepted bunches of flowers and waved to a final standing ovation we once again gave her the respect she rarely got in office.  And she gave us a lesson for life.  Maintain your dignity, your power, your sense of self, your grace and your wit.  And deliver them all to the world with a good dose of defiance so you don’t let the **bleep**s get you down.

http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/julia-gillard-atonement-and-a-wonderful-wave-o...

A few men made the mistake of putting a woman without the strength and personal toughness into the PM role. Likewise it would seem so with Rudd. The sad thing is that her Poor   Me  performance has sullied  the opportunity for women in the future,  and there are sure to be plenty stronger than Gillard, and more than capable of being PM in the future.

oh how sickly sweet

pukes

*ibis wrote:

oh how sickly sweet

pukes

Lady rage