What is it with the opposition? Go ahead, oppose, make a good argument but must you continue to refer to female politicians as cats? Western Australian Liberal MP Don Randall made comments in an address that Julia Gillard has 'pussy-whipped' the mining industry. Are you serious Don? I might not agree with everything that any politician says but I do know that my argument kind of goes out the window when I use sexist, racist or homophobic language to get my point across. What surprises me even more is how Julie Bishop thinks such insults towards women are fair game...internalized misogyny anyone?
Dear Mr Randall,
I am writing to you to express my concern about comments you made referring to Julia Gillard in a recent meeting. Regardless of your individual views related to economic issues associated with mining, suggesting that Gillard has ‘pussy-whipped’ the industry is insulting to her and other female politicians as professionals and misogynistic at its core. There should be a clear line drawn between disagreeing with a policy and resorting to demeaning language to challenge the views of others.
In light of Senator Bushby’s incident where he made ‘miaowing’ noises at Senator Wong and Tony Abbott’s record of disparaging comments about women it would appear that the culture of your party is sexist and must change to respect women and work with them as equals in our community.
I hope that you can grow to challenge people for the quality (or lack therefore of) their work and ideas rather than using sexist language to express your opposition to their ethos.
Sincerely,
Me
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