When assessing candidates for their suitability for election, one would generally look at things such as talent, intelligence, or general ability.
According to Tony Abbott however, the most notable and significant traits in a woman running for office are being “young” and having “sex appeal,“ as he remarked today when out promoting the Liberal Party candidate for Lindsay, Fiona Scott.
Liberal Party supporters and apologists are quick to label any instance of Abbott speaking his mind a “gaffe”, but this latest remark simply joins a long, long line of sexist comments made by the leader of the opposition.
Among a host of other sexist remarks, Abbott has previously also stated that women “lack the aptitudes and abilities” for power “because of physiological reasons.” Every time Abbott says something that isn’t scripted, he demonstrates that he is severely out of touch with attitudes of modern times.
It is abundantly clear that this man doesn’t see anything wrong with defining women by their physical traits, and I for one am seriously offended by Mr Abbott’s inability to see us past our bodies and instead for our brains.
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the man that could be the leader of our nation in less than a month today said in a public statement regarding the current prime minister that
“No one, however smart, however well educated, however experienced, is the suppository of all wisdom.”
uh tony i hate to break it to you but
Sign the petition: Australian shame
Sign the petition: Australian shame
Australia is sending all refugees, who arrive by boat, to Papua New Guinea – where gay people can be sent to jail for 14 years.
We have a chance to stop this right now. The Prime Minister just announced the election. A global outcry could force the issue front and centre for every party, and make this issue a decider for who is fit to lead the country.
Australia is one of the few countries in the region that openly accepts lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. It has always been a safe haven for refugees fleeing extreme persecution. Sign the petition to make Australia a safe haven again!
From here until the 7th of September i may spontaneously start spouting politics because Abbott cannot be elected he just cannot and i will express that through many colourful words
the coldness in tony abbott’s heart will turn him into an iceberg which is convenient because they’re very effective at stopping boats.