Chauvinist picks: the most sexist moments of 2013 (great read)

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10. Women should shut up in public

With so much sexist shenanigans this year, you would be forgiven for forgetting this little doozy from the then Socceroos coach, Holger Osieck, in June. Chagrinned at being directed where to sit by a female organiser at a press conference, Osieck quipped: “There is a saying - women should shut up in public.” Osieck later apologised, saying he didn't “mean anything by it” and has “been married for many years”. Because married men - like those with daughters- cannot possibly be sexist.

9. Huma Abedin blamed for her husband's sexting

If you are a fan of blaming women for everything, then this one is for you. A Fox News commentator absolved serial sexter Anthony Weiner of his indiscretions because of his wife's Muslimness. Democrat politician Weiner, you see, simply wasn't sexually attracted to Huma Abedin who is a top aide to Hillary Clinton, “because she is connected with Islamists who want to kill us”.

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd had a different-but-not-really take on it. “When you puzzle over why the elegant Huma Abedin is propping up the eel-like Anthony Weiner, you must remember one thing: Huma was raised in Saudi Arabia, where women are treated worse by men than anywhere else on the planet.”

Yep, because only Muslim wives stand by their wayward husbands - right, Hillary?


8. Miley Cyrus uses black women as props

Ah, Miley Cyrus. Where would 2013 be without you? While mainstream feminism rightly defended Cyrus from slut-shaming, at a time when feminists of colour are becoming increasingly disillusioned with mainstream white feminism, it was disappointing to see white feminists persistently gloss over Cyrus' penchant for objectifying the bodies of black women. For a rundown on the – wait for it - intersection of race and sex in Cyrus' We Can't Stop video, see this concise but excellent analysis by Jezebel's Dodai Stewart.

More:

http://www.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-opinion/chauvinist-picks-the-most-sexist-moments-of-2013-20131217-2ziur.html

[niyad]

1. k and r--I actually missed a couple of those the first time around. sad, too, that this is only

the tip of a very large, very dirty and disgusting iceberg. too bad all their tongues can't stick to said iceberg.