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Australian PM attacks opposition leader on sexism, misogyny

She spoke for women today... it's really good to hear the truth spoken in a place like Parliament. Tony sat there like he'd been spanked.
Seems this isn't the first time for him, either. "People in glass houses..." ... wonder if he really knows what the term "misogynist" means?

She did a fantastic job in her objections. She went right to the point, gave all the details, and proved her statements with the dates, times, and quotes. Evidently she was correct because Abbott at first started to rebut, but then realized she had her facts in a row and she could not be found at fault.

It still amazes me when I read about the attitudes of some men and their feelings against women. In today's society, women have proven themselves to be just as smart and energetic as men in business, medicine, and politics.

... I can read this in my newspaper and see it on the news. What's it doing on SmartPlanet?

1) We don't get those papers here in South Africa.
2) He got roasted flamed and grilled by a red head. Never pick a fight with a red head. Seems he got of lightly for calling her a witch and a *****. That's slander, disrespectful, and really bad taste.
3) how can he forget that "slipper" was his mate and at his wedding ??
What a toad
LOL

It seems an endless affair. We are now well into the XXI Century and still carry on these old conflicts. Why can't we live a free life without prejudices of all kinds? Respect other opinions and yours will be respected.
But it doesn't seem to work that way. It'll be too easy. Better to provoke and challenge no matter how wrong we can be. It puts us in the foreground, and it's nice to be there.
In the short time women have had some freedom of expression (considering the length of human history) they have proven once and again that they can be equal (and more) to any man.
Does that feeling hurt many men? maybe they are not as manly as they think of themselves if they are so threatened by female competition, since competition has no gender in itself.

She is a hypocrite for claiming the opposition leader has a double standard while she has one in this speech.

While she was attacking the opposition leader she defended similar offensive behavior by her party mate.

She should have shown real leadership and thrown both under the bus.

Jenny
You and some of the respondents have missed the point. Her tirade had nothing to do with his so-called misoginist and sexist attitudes. It was to cover the fact that she preferred to defend a misoginist and sexist Speaker of the House rather than loose her majority in Parliament.