'Unacceptable': Liberals rebuke candidate for asking if Rockingham winner would resign if she fell pregnant
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The WA Liberal Party's candidate in the Rockingham by-election apologises for asking a constituent to question his opponent whether she would resign from parliament if she fell pregnant.
  • Nath@aussie.zoneOP
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    1 year ago

    May this example serve as a lesson: This is not the 20th century. Misogyny is no longer a valid political debate tactic.

    It’s silly, the dude is young enough to understand that “This question can’t come from me”, but dumb enough to think “it’s an important one to ask”.

      • zik@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        This is then opposition leader Tony Abbott when Julia Gillard was Prime Minister:

        So yeah, misogyny is pretty much standard operating procedure for the Libs.