OF all the “isms” that have become part of our vernacular over the last couple of decades the one I have trouble understanding the most is sexism.
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Not the outright examples of sexist behaviour of males towards females but the subtle, hypocritical reverse-sexism that never seems to get mentioned in the media.
Why is it that a man who goes to a strip club is a pervert but a group of women going to a male strip show, going berserk and pawing over the well-built blokes on stage are just girls having a night out?
Why is it that an older bloke going to a bar or pub to try to pick up a young girl is a dirty old man but a woman who does the same has the somewhat appealing title of “Cougar”?
And how is it that organisations can advertise for vacant positions with one of the essential selection criteria being that you must be female and this is backed by the relevant anti-discrimination body?
Yes, I accept that some of these organisations are dealing with women who have been traumatised by horrible things like domestic violence.
But in this politically correct age, with the need for equality being shouted from the rooftops, surely a bloke has the right to at least get an interview to prove that he has the compassionate qualities which would allow him to perform the role?
Especially if the role is one that does not involve the holder being directly in contact with someone who is feeling vulnerable.
Prostate cancer kills more people in Australia than breast cancer but which one gets the bigger public and media focus?
This is especially evident with the “weekend magazine” style parts of the print media being almost totally monopolised by “female” issues.
I have a mother, sisters, wife and daughter and the thought of any of them getting the terrible disease scares me greatly.
I am grateful for all the efforts that have been made in recent years to publicise the disease and promote research into it.
But I also have a brother and a son and I don’t want them to die of an equally terrible disease either.
However, on a lighter note, it has always amused me how some women complain about clubs where only men can be members but defend the existence of gymnasiums where only women can be members.
Apparently it is because women who are out of shape don’t want to feel uncomfortable because there are men in the gym.
Yeah, well welcome to my world.
It doesn’t seem to matter what time of day I go to the gym, there is always a striking young woman, dressed as if she was a catwalk model and with a superbly toned body.
So an older bloke like me, dressed as if he was about to go and do the gardening, is forced to hide away and use machines in the corner of the gym, firstly so he won’t be embarrassed and secondly to avoid the accusation that he is perving if he happens to look up at the wrong time.
And there is nothing worse than having used a machine and a glamorous young woman follows behind you and then immediately increases the weight you were using by 30 kilograms.
So girls, it’s not all tea and bikkies being a bloke.
And you should realise that there are always two sides to every story.
Also while you are at it, forget all that garbage that men have it too good for too long.
It just ain’t true.