Tag Archive | Women’s rights

Feminism can be frivolous fun

Helen Razer has had a rough year. Her relationship dissolved; there is this milestone birthday looming and those damn women claiming to be feminists just WILL NOT do things Helen’s way. I’ve written about Helen twice before and in my view that is more than enough, so I resisted. I thought of cutting clichés in […]

Sexism, misogyny, gender equality: what does it all mean?

By Robyn Dunphy October 14, 2012 22 Comments

The media, both social and mainstream, has been arguing over the topic of gender equality for a while. Since Prime Minister Julia Gillard raked Leader of the Opposition Tony Abbott over the coals for sexism and misogyny last week, the debate had become incessant. The video is at the end of this article for those […]

Why don’t women negotiate their salaries? Not #destroyingthejoint properly!

By Robyn Dunphy October 8, 2012 18 Comments

Many Australian women will recognise the Twitter hash tags #destroyingthejoint and #destroythejoint. These arose after a certain Sydney radio announcer decided to let loose a vitriolic barrage against women in senior positions, claiming they were “destroying the joint”. While I am sure Alan Jones probably would fit in well with the men found in articles […]

Dear Max Tomlinson

By Robyn Dunphy April 18, 2012 21 Comments

Recently I blasted the Governor of Wisconsin for his weird attitude to women, never dreaming a man in Australia could top it. Well, bloody hell, Max Tomlinson managed to leave me fearing for the future of equality of women yet again. I thought I’d drop Max a little note, but as I don’t have his email, […]

Equal Pay for women at risk?

By Robyn Dunphy April 9, 2012 24 Comments

Equal pay for women just took a beating in some backwoods state of the USA on March 31, 2012 in a very quiet way. My apologies to followers of ours who live in Wisconsin (I know there are a few) but for goodness sake, how the hell did this happen? I don’t often stray from […]