Men blamed for Australia’s violent Ladette culture

SirPlus · 2010-04-17T19:51:58+00:00

Er, alcohol?

Darkstar68 · 2010-04-18T00:03:23+00:00

I have a brother that lived in Mona Vale, outside of Sydney in the 80s - He always said that Australian girls loved American guys because all the guys there would treat them like shit. Be nice and go on a date - pay for diner, and sex that night was a sure thing.

ashpatil · 2010-04-17T15:25:28+00:00

Wow, men are now even to blame for violent women. What next?

ashpatil · 2010-04-18T02:54:58+00:00

I don't agree with you catlebrity.

To me, the writer is suggesting that ladettes are self destructing because "they'll never live up to the expectations of others, so they deliberately seek to confound and lower those prospects."

The writer then contenst that the Commissioner connects the inability to live up to expectations to the glass ceiling created by men in the workforce.

If anyone is familiar at all with the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, then you would be aware that this is a common theme in her comments, that is that all social problems invariably are the result of men.

windynights · 2010-04-17T19:42:50+00:00

"Whenever such worrying trends emerge, the first call is usually for better role models."

Yup, so where are they? All we have are asshole celebrities with brains a squirrel could mistake for peanuts.

catlebrity · 2010-04-17T22:34:22+00:00

People need to read the articles before blindly voting them up. The piece doesn't blame men for "ladette" culture. You misread the article. After discussing the topic of "ladettes" and blaming things like "victim mentality" for that -- not blaming men --the piece moves on to a second issue:

Australia's Sex Discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick has come up with her own novel - although "depressing" - idea for dealing with another gender issue.

According to our report today, only by "men talking to men" does she and some leading Australian corporate heavyweights believe there will be a wider revolution in our workplaces - promoting more women into top jobs and lifting their wages. Interestingly, at least one of the male executives in the 10-man advisory group formed by Ms Broderick believes men are not just the solution but the "problem".

The article is a bit confusingly written, but it's blaming men for workplace inequality, not "ladette" violence.

EDIT: Someone is voting me down for clarifying a confusing article?

Title	Men blamed for Australia’s violent Ladette culture
Author	ashpatil
Upvotes	14
Comments	12
Date	April 17, 2010 3:25 PM UTC (16 years ago)
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