sexism

COMMENT: Always be polite when wishing a woman be raped ...

Planet Irf - July 16, 2010 - 8:10pm

In an extraordinary defence of Mel Gibson published on the Herald Scu ... woops ... Sun website, Andrew Bolt makes this remark:Gibson, it’s said, is now finished in Hollywood after Oksana Grigorieva, mother of his daughter, taped him ranting over their relationship and her flaunting of her siliconed body.For instance: “I am going to come and burn the f------ house down.”And: “You look like a f---

Some of the rest of us are insulted as well

Still Life with Cat - June 14, 2010 - 10:05pm

In all the endless masses of coverage of Andrew Johns' racist slur, Timana Tahu's dignified withdrawal, and all the other the fallout in the leadup to the Great Big Rugby League Game on Wednesday night (apparently Johns is "shattered"; diddums), I've not yet seen anyone mention that "black cunt", used as a term of abuse, is not only a racist slur.

Rugby league: racist and sexist

en Passant - June 14, 2010 - 10:28pm

Timana Tahu is a hero. The rugby league star walked out on representing his state, New South Wales. Why?

Because the assistant coach and former super star Andrew Johns called Greg Inglis, one of the Queensland players, a black cunt.

Timana is aboriginal and proud of his heritage. Inglis is a close friend.

Tahu decided to take a stand against racism, racism that is not only endemic to rugby league but to Australian society. Read more »