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Tash Jayasinghe
CibbuanoSingle Ladies: why not step into the outback and find yourself a good man?
August 25th 2008 02:16
Why?
Well, the good ol' bloke came out and suggested that the 'beauty challenged' women of Australian cities should come into the outback where the men flow like raspberry wine.
Kira Cochrane, on the Guardian, was not happy with the mayor's suggestion.
""If there are five blokes to every girl," he said, "we should find out where there are beauty-disadvantaged women and ask them to proceed to Mount Isa. Quite often you will see walking down the street a lass who is not so attractive with a wide smile on her face. Whether it is a recollection of something previous, or anticipation for the next evening, there is a degree of happiness"
That's what the mayor said. Cochrane was notably irritated by the fake stat - Mount Isa only has 52.6% men, a far shot from 5-to-1, according to Cochrane, and she notes that the single women in Mount Isa are not so pleased with the mayor's comments either.
"To be honest, there just aren't top-quality men here," Catherine Willett, a single podiatrist, told the Brisbane Times. "They are too busy drinking XXXX to notice the women, and all they do is whistle or yell or beep as you go past - those sorts of communication skills which I just love."
" Anna Warwick, a single woman who moved to the town last year, agrees, adding that when it comes to the men on offer, "We've got a saying up here: the odds are good, but the goods are odd.""
Cochrane's article is an interesting look at sexism in Australia, worth a read as she wonders if it's better or worse than sexism everywhere else.
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