Hi All,
There is a fight about misogyny going on here in Australia at the top level. Our Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has ripped into the Leader of the Opposition over continued sexism from both him and especially from radio "shock-jocks". [1]
There's a short section in the Gillard biography about sexism (general and particular) but it's hard to write in a way that's neutral. [2] The issue has been simmering for a while but now it has blown up. There are entirely new articles appearing as a result of the controversy, particularly about the radio announcer who said Gillard's father had "died of shame" over his daughter. [3] (Background: her father did recently die. I recall seeing him on television saying that he was - unsurprisingly - very proud of his daughter.)
So, articles are running on WP hot at the moment (in contrast to our own Press which is not giving it as much attention as it is receiving internationally).
*The New Yorker* says: "Gillard cut through the disingenuousness and feigned moral outrage of her opponent to call him out for his own personal prejudice, hypocrisy, and aversion to facts" [4] * Jezebel* reported this under the heading "Rants". [5]
[1] Video of Gillard's address to the Parliament. : http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-09/julia-gillard-attacks-abbott-of-hypocr... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard#Prime_Ministerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Gillard#Prime_Minister(footnotes 45-50) [3] For example, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Jones_shame_controversy [4] http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/10/julia-gillards-misogy... [5] http://jezebel.com/5950163/best-thing-youll-see-all-day-australias-female-pr...
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