Comments on: You suck to be a woman http://richardjackson.org/2010/06/20/you-suck-to-be-a-woman/ Life in Melbourne. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Richard http://richardjackson.org/2010/06/20/you-suck-to-be-a-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-78487 Richard Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:54:25 +0000 http://richardjackson.org/?p=561#comment-78487 Hi Lauren, Thanks for your reply. There are a lot of young women at my workplace - I was with some of them and watched Bryce sign Gillard's prime ministership into reality. It clearly had a huge emotional effect on them. Hi Lauren,
Thanks for your reply.

There are a lot of young women at my workplace – I was with some of them and watched Bryce sign Gillard’s prime ministership into reality. It clearly had a huge emotional effect on them.

]]> By: lauren http://richardjackson.org/2010/06/20/you-suck-to-be-a-woman/comment-page-1/#comment-78470 lauren Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:53:22 +0000 http://richardjackson.org/?p=561#comment-78470 excellent post, richard and it's kind of interesting to read this post-julia in australia. i can tell you that most of my female friends, although wary of her policies, sighed in relief that we finally crossed a hurdle that is long-overdue. watching the rampant sexism unfold as a result of her leadership has been quite intense - proving the level to which sexism exists in the media (more than anywhere else, really). but thank you for the reminder about the gendercide that still exists in LOADS of places worldwide. iceland are doing a pretty awesome job of crafting a different, non-gendered society. we love them right now. thanks again for posting this stuff. i can forget that there are actually men out there for whom misogyny is also revolting. and nice retort to your misogynist dinner companion - last week must have been tough for him. excellent post, richard and it’s kind of interesting to read this post-julia in australia. i can tell you that most of my female friends, although wary of her policies, sighed in relief that we finally crossed a hurdle that is long-overdue.

watching the rampant sexism unfold as a result of her leadership has been quite intense – proving the level to which sexism exists in the media (more than anywhere else, really). but thank you for the reminder about the gendercide that still exists in LOADS of places worldwide.

iceland are doing a pretty awesome job of crafting a different, non-gendered society. we love them right now.

thanks again for posting this stuff. i can forget that there are actually men out there for whom misogyny is also revolting. and nice retort to your misogynist dinner companion – last week must have been tough for him.

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