Stupid Mysoginist

Australian senator calls female politician unfit because she’s “deliberately barren”

Some of my homemade organic brown rice congee escaped through my nose as I exploded in the general direction of the television yesterday. Who the hell does this fascist think he is?! Oh that’s right; he’s the mouthpiece for what the prime minister of this country actually thinks but hasn’t got the guts to say for himself. Makes perfect sense. This is standard procedure for the cynical, craven Howard government; set up enough fall-guys, all with gauranteed life long pensions regardless of what happens, to get your most divisive and retrograde opinions out there in the social backwaters where they feed the bacteria like so much natural yoghurt in a batch of sourdough -except sourdough is GOOD for you!!! – thus securing the all important redneck/ ultra conservative vote. Then get the offending minion to issue a piss-weak “apology” and distance yourself from the comments just enough to appease the electorate who like to feel politically correct as long as it doesn’t affect their share portfolio. It’s worked for them for years.

And now for my predictable personal perspective…

Julia Gillard points out that she is not in fact “barren” at all, but has made a choice based on her life circumstances not to have children. Good on her. I, on the other hand, am apparently barren and I am choosing (so far) not to pursue every possible avenue available to me in order to get pregnant, or to adopt etc. Does this mean I’m “deliberately” barren and therefore incapable of fulfulling a meaningful role or “understanding the community” I live in? Am I not a real woman if I don’t devote my life and my finances to the pursuit of mother hood? I think not Mr Heffernan, you stupid. little. man.