Crikey media wrap: In the battle for equality, women have had an historic win, with the Defence Force finally opening up combat roles for females.
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Women lumped with thin end of retirement wedge
The ABS has again produced data that shows women are lagging badly behind men in one of the pillars of our retirement income. This is because our highly subsidised superannuation system is based on pre-retirement earnings.
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Silvester: Women are sluts and men are morons?
The latest alleged sexual assault incident involving two Collingwood footballers has reignited the “she was asking for it” argument. Do we say the same thing about young men bashed while hanging around notorious night spots? asks John Silvester.
Cox: vote 1, trust, seems to be the order of the day
The election campaign is on. And the first to be led by a female PM! This is the type of change we once naively hoped would signal more attention to better social outcomes, rather than the economic ones.
‘SheMarketing’ — the science of selling Tony Abbott to women
The major political parties need to better understand what women want, according to the women’s advertising agency reportedly behind a Liberal Party campaign to improve Tony Abbott’s image.
Greer: Women don’t support women, but go Julia!
Julia Gillard isn’t a woman of principle, she’s about whatever will help her win the next election. But electing a female PM won’t necessarily change the status of women, writes Germaine Greer.
Meet the women who rule the web
The internet is no longer a geeky boys club with not a female in sight. Think of the founder of Flickr, CEO of TechCrunch and the social media guru of the NY Times: all ladies.
The revolution in Rwanda
Women make up 56% of the country’s parliament. Nope, not somewhere in Scandinavia, this is in Rwanda. The rights of women have completely changed in the previously war-torn country.
Crushing the social butterfly
Shy people are different from introverts, become shyness sufferers want to be social, they just get temporarily terrified. And the biggest cause of timidness, regardless of sex? Beautiful women.
Women need to drop their standards
Advice to women: don’t bother trying to have it all, you’ll only fail. Balancing families and work with pretty clothes and home cooked meals can only end in disaster, writes Minette Marrin.
Putting a stiletto through the glass ceiling
Finally, gender diversity on company boards is back on the national agenda, writes Paul Quinn. Companies listed on ASX now have to discuss their gender split and the BCA have started a mentoring program for women.
Crucifying Christine because she’s female
The public flogging of Christine Nixon is typical of our treatment of strong, prominent women, writes Moira Rayner. She did the only thing that all the many men involved won’t: admit that she “could have done better”.
Ladies, we need more Nancy Pelosis
We’re in desperate need of women in senior lawmaker positions, writes Alexandra Starr. The over 100 countries with gender-based affirmative action are just proving that quotas aren’t changing who’s in charge.
Savva: Our sexually repressed PM
Tony Abbott may be constantly running around half naked talking about his sex life to anyone who will listen, but at least he’s better at dealing with women than the awkward Kevin Rudd, writes former political insider Nikka Savva.
Chicks with joysticks: the truth about female gamers
A year-long, in-depth study into female video gamers has revealed some pretty fascinating facts. Business Insider goes inside the mind of the girl gamer.
The world’s wealthiest women
On International Women’s Day, debate is still raging over whether women have truly cracked through the glass ceiling of the corporate world.
Is the ‘working women need to be pushy bitches’ myth true?
A blog post about how women need to be pushier in the workplace got the blogosphere riled up this week. But with research showing that alpha-women earn more than their demure colleagues, will we have to raise our daughters to be aggressive jerks?
The old woman who lived in her shoes
Ladies, be warned. We work and earn less than men, yet are more likely to spend our incomes on frivolous items. Meaning, we have less savings and less financial independence. It’s a trend that has to end, says Jen Vuk.
Howard was a ladies man, Abbott wants a piece
The importance of the female vote for the coalition shouldn’t be underestimated — they’ve historically enjoyed a dominance among women — but a dominance that the polling suggests has ended, writes Possum Comitatus.
Why women make the best bloggers
How come women can have fame and glory as bloggers online but rarely reach the same heights in the offline literary world? asks James Bradley. Is it because blogging lends itself to more chatty girl talk?
That don’t impress me much: why some ladies don’t like Tony
It’s not just Tony Abbott’s smarmy persona or his apparent anti-women policy stances that explain why some women don’t like Big Tony. It’s that he represents one hell of a backward political step, writes Kate Barnsley.
Female-female violent crime rate triples
When did females become so nasty to each other, asks Sarah McKenzie.
Devine: It’s all a lie, the ladies love Tony
It’s a myth that women don’t like Tony Abbott, more women like him than men. It’s just hard nosed, pushy “abortion fundamentalists posing as feminists” that don’t, but luckily they’re just a minority, writes Miranda Devine.
My husband’s name is not my name
It’s about time people become open minded about family members having different names, writes Robyn Butler. It shouldn’t matter if you don’t have a middle name, your husband’s name or the same name as your children.
