It has not been a good month for the Aussies, and fresh from their humiliating defeat by England in the RWC there is an article in todays Telegraph suggesting that their men have not moved on from the era of the sexist ocker 
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Magistrates also make an appearance. One in New South Wales told a female defendant: "Come back when your IQ is as high as your skirt."
They may like to think of themselves as Snags – or Sensitive New Age Guys – but a book to be published this week suggests that many Australian men are still Neanderthals when it comes to their attitudes towards women.
The book will undo years of effort by modern Aussies to bury the ocker stereotypes of Crocodile Dundee and Sir Les Patterson.
Described by its authors as a "portfolio of piggery", it is an anthology of toxic insults and casual put-downs compiled from more than a decade of Australian public life.
advertisementNick Bideau, the former trainer and boyfriend of the Aboriginal Olympic sprinter Cathy Freeman, is included for saying: "I never turned away from Cathy. No matter how fat she was."
Commenting on the trial of pregnancy – for men – Joe Hockey, a government minister, once said: "Well, it's exhausting for me, her being pregnant.
"I don't know why, during the birth process they only focus on the women. What about the men standing there? I mean, that's pretty hard. Well, as long as they get the cricket in the hospital."
The book is the culmination of a tongue-in-cheek contest started in 1993, when a group of women gathered in Sydney to celebrate the retirement of a notoriously sexist trade union official named Ernie.
The gathering gave rise to the annual Ernie Awards, "the world's premier event shaming men for outrageous sexism".
The Ernies Book, subtitled "1,000 terrible things Australian men have said about women", features quotes from sportsmen, businessmen, journalists and politicians – including the prime minister John Howard.
Magistrates also make an appearance. One in New South Wales told a female defendant: "Come back when your IQ is as high as your skirt."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wcomic105.xml
I like this one especially:
Magistrates also make an appearance. One in New South Wales told a female defendant: "Come back when your IQ is as high as your skirt."
They may like to think of themselves as Snags – or Sensitive New Age Guys – but a book to be published this week suggests that many Australian men are still Neanderthals when it comes to their attitudes towards women.
The book will undo years of effort by modern Aussies to bury the ocker stereotypes of Crocodile Dundee and Sir Les Patterson.
Described by its authors as a "portfolio of piggery", it is an anthology of toxic insults and casual put-downs compiled from more than a decade of Australian public life.
advertisementNick Bideau, the former trainer and boyfriend of the Aboriginal Olympic sprinter Cathy Freeman, is included for saying: "I never turned away from Cathy. No matter how fat she was."
Commenting on the trial of pregnancy – for men – Joe Hockey, a government minister, once said: "Well, it's exhausting for me, her being pregnant.
"I don't know why, during the birth process they only focus on the women. What about the men standing there? I mean, that's pretty hard. Well, as long as they get the cricket in the hospital."
The book is the culmination of a tongue-in-cheek contest started in 1993, when a group of women gathered in Sydney to celebrate the retirement of a notoriously sexist trade union official named Ernie.
The gathering gave rise to the annual Ernie Awards, "the world's premier event shaming men for outrageous sexism".
The Ernies Book, subtitled "1,000 terrible things Australian men have said about women", features quotes from sportsmen, businessmen, journalists and politicians – including the prime minister John Howard.
Magistrates also make an appearance. One in New South Wales told a female defendant: "Come back when your IQ is as high as your skirt."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../wcomic105.xml
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