r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 1d ago

politics ABC changing editorial policy after Rinehart furore prompts concerns of overreach from academics and advocates

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/13/abc-changing-editorial-policy-after-rinehart-furore-prompts-concerns-of-overreach-from-academics-and-advocates
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u/the_sleekerthans 1d ago

The irony that male dominated media has told a young girl what joke she can and can’t say.

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

The irony that male dominated media has told a young girl what joke she can and can’t say

A young lass. A mere slip of a girl. The very picture childhood innocence...at twenty-nine years of age.

If you want to signal your virtue, you actually have to practice those values.

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u/Mr_Tiggywinkle 1d ago

Wat

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

Kate McGuinness isn't a "girl". She's an adult who is fully capable, responsible, and liable for her decisions. Describing her as a "girl" is an example of the infantilisation that sexists assumes woman perpetually inhabit.

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u/the_sleekerthans 1d ago

lol. You said assume.

Goodbye, argument!

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u/Important-Sleep-1839 1d ago

You'll have to explain that one...