Woman thrown out of Parliament in Australia for not covering up.

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A female journalist was kicked out of Australia's parliament for showing too much flesh. (LINK).

Seriously, have Aussie Sheilas no shame? Aussie men certainly have no brain.
 
Diddums said:
Yay another crap thread.
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Indeed, and as usual there's a miserable attempt to recreate a click-bait title that would rival something from the Daily Mail. I don't know why people (read the OP) bothers - they're not getting paid for clicks to their crap threads...
 
Women's dress is often a source of contoversy.

Its not quite as simple as it being a sexist issue ('patrichal' sexism) . There is not much chance a man could expect to report in such a venue without comment if he wore a sleeveless top like the women concerned wore here.

The more common 'sexism' is actually the far stricter societally acceptable 'professional' clothing for men that all to often includes a long sleeved shift and at least a tie if not a suit regardless of how hot it may be.

Women conversely are generally afforded a quote wide margin of discretion re their othing in work / professional environments
 
Firstly, thank you for taking over RSS thread posting duties :D.

Secondly, I'd love for some of those twitter critics to actually spell out why they believe this to be sexist and due to the patriarchy etc..

According to the Parliament of Australia website, standard of dress is a matter of "individual judgement", although the ultimate decision of what is acceptable rests with the speaker.

Such standards "should involve good trousers, a jacket, collar and tie for men and a similar standard of formality for women".
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As far as I can tell the men have far stricter standards of dress and the rules for women are rather vague/open to interpretation. For example men specifically require a jacket, seemingly the issue here is just that this woman is displaying too much "arm" but presumably another top displaying slightly less would be perfectly acceptable for her to wear without the need for a jacket.
 
dowie said:
. . . this woman is displaying too much "arm" but presumably another top displaying slightly less would be perfectly acceptable for her to wear . . .
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According to the linked article, Aussie MP Julie Bishop often opts for short-sleeved or sleeveless dresses during parliamentary sessions - that seems to be OK?
 
I much preferred it when lolstockhausen was on gd house arrest and couldn't post crap like this. He's been let loose again and the crap posted over the last few weeks has been phenomenal. Almost as bad as a Dowie RSS feed.....
 
I’d guess they claim sexism because historically it’s been men that shape the idea of what’s acceptable in a professional environment so it doesn’t really go the other way in terms of how restricted male attire is (although I agree that women have a lot more choice)
 
I'd probably be outraged but parliaments are probably one of the most backwards places in westernised nations when it comes to things like dress code.
 
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