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Australia: sexual equality debate rages after DJ Alan Jones's outburst
Prime minister Julia Gillard weighs in to oppose broadcaster's 'misogynistic' comments

Alison Rourke
The Observer, Sunday 9 September 2012

Radio DJ Alan Jones said that women in power were ‘destroying the joint’. Photograph: Cole Bennetts/Getty Images
A furious debate on sexual equality is raging in Australia following "misogynistic" comments made by the country's best-known radio DJ, who announced on his show that women in positions of power were "destroying the joint".

Alan Jones's outburst followed the announcement that Australia would be spending $A320m (£200m) promoting Pacific islands women in business and politics.

"[Prime minister Julia Gillard] said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating," scoffed Jones, who has previously suggested Gillard be put in a sack and dropped out to sea.

"Women are destroying the joint," he said. "[Former state chief police commissioner] Christine Nixon in Melbourne, [Sydney lord mayor] Clover Moore here. Honestly."

Days of heated debate – including a vigorous social media campaign against him – on the extent of sexism in the country have followed his comments.

Professor Paula McDonald, who specialises in workplace discrimination and gender harassment at Queensland University of Technology, said Jones's comments were indicative of mainstream sexism in Australia. "The pendulum has swung towards highly derogatory and hostile language against women and it is coming out much more overtly than it has done in the past decade," she said.

"The fact that we have a woman prime minister has exacerbated the hostility that's already there, because she's the most powerful political player in the country and is very much in the face of men who are hostile towards women."

Suzi Skinner, whose company, Roar People, specialises in women's leadership development, said Gillard was a target because she challenged leadership norms.

"Leadership in Australia is still predominantly male," she said. "The political system is better than the corporate world, where less than 10% of senior executives are women, but fundamentally Gillard is challenging a dominant male status quo."

A Twitter campaign against the comments of Jones, 71, was started by author and social commentator Jane Caro. "Got time on my hands tonight so thought I'd spend it coming up with new ways of 'destroying the joint' being a woman & all," she tweeted.

Caro said the public response was immediate. "Suddenly there were all these women tweeting about how they could destroy the joint," she said. "It worked because it was about turning outrage into humour, which had the effect of disarming and engaging people."

A "Destroy the Joint" Facebook page, T-shirts, two theme songs and a petition for advertisers to withdraw from Jones's radio programme followed.

This is not the first time the prime minister has been embroiled in debate about sexual equality. "For many, many months now, I have been the subject of a very sexist smear campaign from people for whom I have no respect," she told a recent press conference, hitting out at "the misogynists and the nut jobs on the internet" who have targeted her.

Gillard's ire was aimed at well-known cartoonist Larry Pickering, whose drawings (published on his blog) have repeatedly depicted her naked, wearing a strap-on dildo. She said she expected Pickering to propagate "sexist and vicious stuff about me until the end of time".

Feminist Germaine Greer also recently weighed into the debate, accusing Gillard on ABC TV of wearing unflattering jackets and having a "big arse". Greer later suggested that she wasn't condemning Gillard but lauding her. "You don't understand how tough it is for little girls who think that having a fat arse is to be dead, is to be finished," Greer said.

Derogatory descriptions of Gillard have been a feature of her two-year tenure as prime minister. In 2011 "Ditch the Witch" placards began appearing at anti-government rallies. She was also criticised for being "deliberately barren", a reference to her not having children.

McDonald says that using language that can only be targeted at women adds another layer of sexism. "Have you ever heard of a man being referred to as childless as a negative aspersion on their character?" she asked.

"This misogynistic language that seems to have become so prolific in the last couple of years should really be a wake-up call to women and men that we have a long way to go before gender equality is on the map, let alone achieved," McDonald said.

Australia: sexual equality debate rages after DJ Alan Jones's outburst | World news | The Observer

jones is useless fcukwit - I would not allow him to sweep the leaves out of my driveway

just another loudmouth sh1tdribbler

not much use then?

He's right.
It's not because " fundamentally Gillard is challenging a dominant male status quo"
It's because she is a useless twat. So is Clover Moore. All criticism is deflected on the basis that it's sexist, when really, it's just calling a dumb cnut a dumb cnut.

Originally Posted by Necron99

a dumb cnut.

Vaginally challenged...to be PC...

Originally Posted by Necron99

It's because she is a useless twat.

I agree with you there - she is just the figurehead for the mining conglomerates coup

but jones is just a loudmouth hypocritical bogan

Originally Posted by Koojo

Caro said the public response was immediate. "Suddenly there were all these women tweeting about how they could destroy the joint," she said. "It worked because it was about turning outrage into humour, which had the effect of disarming and engaging people.

Yeah well on the basis that are genetically predispositioned to not be funny unless you are laughing at the stupid stuff they do, I dare say this is a great read!

The feminisation of Australia is the reason why they are getting worse and worse at sport. They need some nutbag like Mick Dundee type as PM, not a useless bitch who prays to the furry cup of that billionaire bitch for her campaign money.

Originally Posted by david44

or own dear Yingluck

lubedbowels will be counting his shekels - maybe he will have to sell his diplomatic passport on ko sarn rd if the price is a bit steep

Originally Posted by pseudolus

not a useless bitch who prays to the furry cup of that billionaire bitch for her campaign money

Gina Rinehart? I doubt very much if she gives any money to the labour party.

She did quite a funny speech last week telling lazy dole bludgers to stop begging and start working

just another step towards the enforced homosexulization of a once great nation. Fight back fellas; just slap the fuking cnuts

£200 million???? how many pacific islander females are there? how much does that work out per 'lady'? I think given the chance they would rather take that in cash and get their fat asses off some place else.........

Originally Posted by ChrisM

Just another step towards the enforced homosexulization of a once great nation.

Must be something going around.

We've just had one of our hero's feel the need to come out at 48 years old and go the full monty with getting his cock cut off and deciding he wants to be a woman.

Foking hell EH. Poovs and lesso's banging around the joint as well. Another dude at 36 decides he will leave his wife and kids and start shagging guys full on up the blurting machine.


Foking hell dudes.

Originally Posted by terry57

We've just had one of our hero's feel the need to come out at 48 years old and go the full monty with getting his cock cut off and deciding he wants to be a woman.

Who's that then?

What I like about this is that agree or disagree, in Aussie you can still speak your mind.
Can't imagine anyone in Egland speaking publicly like this

Originally Posted by Koojo

What I like about this is that agree or disagree, in Aussie you can still speak your mind.
Can't imagine anyone in England speaking publicly like this

plenty people willing to say it publicly, the nanny state attitude of the broadcasters is an entirely different matter...

While Jones is right...He's still bent/a poof himself.

Jones is a maggot but spot on the money when describing Gillard.

She will go down as Australians worst Prime Minister and once she is annihilated in the next election she will be slagged off relentlessly by all and sundry.

At the moment the Labor party are sucking her cock but once its all over she will be remembered for labors downfall and following disgrace at the upcoming election.

She should be shot for her handling of the illegal immigrants that have flooded into Australia under her watch. Piss poor effort at the expense of common sense.

Got Red hair so cant expect much more from the mad trollup I suppose.

^ tewwy48 maybe ? fcuked if I know as I do not feel the need to read womens weekly

I think it's unfortunate the people refer to her using sexist language, that gives her an 'out' to pretend the dislike is about her being female when it is really just dislike of her, regardless of her sex.

She's a deplorable, lying, union pandering, politically conniving, scheming power hungry useless twit.

Originally Posted by Sir Wilson

I think it's unfortunate the people refer to her using sexist language, that gives her an 'out' to pretend the dislike is about her being female when it is really just dislike of her, regardless of her sex.

She's a deplorable, lying, union pandering, politically conniving, scheming power hungry useless twit.

Don't forget Ranga.

The real person, unfortunately, to blame for this last deplorable period in Australian govt. is JH for not stepping aside and giving the Libs a fresh face.

Originally Posted by Necron99

Originally Posted by Sir Wilson

I think it's unfortunate the people refer to her using sexist language, that gives her an 'out' to pretend the dislike is about her being female when it is really just dislike of her, regardless of her sex.

She's a deplorable, lying, union pandering, politically conniving, scheming power hungry useless twit.

Don't forget Ranga.

The real person, unfortunately, to blame for this last deplorable period in Australian govt. is JH for not stepping aside and giving the Libs a fresh face.

Interesting point, I might even agree with it.

The only good thing about Julia and Labor right now is that after this the Labor and Greens party will be out in the wilderness for another 10 years.

Are Aussie men still allowed to call women "oii Shiela" or has that been banned now?

Originally Posted by pseudolus

Are Aussie men still allowed to call women "oii Shiela" or has that been banned now?

i still do but ive noticd it doesnt exactly endear myself to them and as a pickup line is unlikely to get you a shag especially when combined witha request for a beer

Originally Posted by Necron99

The real person, unfortunately, to blame for this last deplorable period in Australian govt. is JH for not stepping aside and giving the Libs a fresh face.

There was no reason for kicking JH out. He was doing a decent job and WorkChoices was good policy. That is one of the problems with democracy, after a while the public gets bored and votes for a change just for the sake of it even at the expense of a more than competent government.