By: Reid Hulett
Lets just say that Mayor John Malony did not make himself any new girlfriends when he made this controversial statement to a Queensland, Australia news reporter--"with five blokes to every girl, may I suggest that beauty-disadvantaged women should proceed to Mount Isa." Needless to say, the comment infuriated women and was a hot news topic for the next several months.
The statement won him the town's "annual sexism award," an award chosen after assessing the amount of boos each contestant receives after their statements are heard at an all-women gathering. He beat out a man who reportedly sniffed a women's chair after she had been sitting in it, and later snapped her bra-strap after she had made an on-air report. Upon receiving the award, Malony stated that the women in the audience were merely blaming him for their bad looks.
Australia has long been a place where women are mistreated and put to shame, often times for little or no reason at all. This is the most recent example, and further goes to show how women's roles in this society are still a little behind the women of the western world. I know one thing for sure, I wouldn't want any little ray of sunshine of mine living in such a cruel and cold-hearted place :(
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