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Here we go again - Women just aren't "allowed" to be stand up for themselves.
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 435451" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A few days ago in Australian Federal parliament (our daily Question Time gets televised live) a female senator, Penny Wong, was trying to finish what she had to say despite interruptions, when one of the opposition senators made a catcall ("miaou" noise) implying her firmness with "Please let me finish" was her being catty. She IMMEDIATELY got on her high horse and said, "Oh, right, it's fine to do that to a woman, is it? But you wouldn't do that to a man, would you?" She went on (briefly) to make her point and put down the guy and his actions, very firmly indeed. Regardless of our political affiliations, I'm sure I heard women cheering all over Australia.</p><p><a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/senator-david-bushbys-cat-call-to-penny-wong-starts-a-feral-row/story-e6freuzr-1226067502768" target="_blank">http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/senator-david-bushbys-cat-call-to-penny-wong-starts-a-feral-row/story-e6freuzr-1226067502768</a></p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 435451, member: 1991"] A few days ago in Australian Federal parliament (our daily Question Time gets televised live) a female senator, Penny Wong, was trying to finish what she had to say despite interruptions, when one of the opposition senators made a catcall ("miaou" noise) implying her firmness with "Please let me finish" was her being catty. She IMMEDIATELY got on her high horse and said, "Oh, right, it's fine to do that to a woman, is it? But you wouldn't do that to a man, would you?" She went on (briefly) to make her point and put down the guy and his actions, very firmly indeed. Regardless of our political affiliations, I'm sure I heard women cheering all over Australia. [url]http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/senator-david-bushbys-cat-call-to-penny-wong-starts-a-feral-row/story-e6freuzr-1226067502768[/url] Marg [/QUOTE]
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