Thread by @AustDems

Yes, the public absolutely has a right to know about Canberra's culture. Because the people working there aren't just representing us the public as our elected representatives, they're formulating the laws that control our society. 1/7
#auspol #4corners
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Having seen the behaviour revealed in the @4corners report, does anyone seriously think that these men are in any position to legislate on behalf the female portion of our population with any kind of care or respect? When they treat female staffers as a perk of office 2/7

how can they be trusted to act to close the gender pay gap, fund domestic violence services, child care services, ensure that female dominated industries don't exploit and underpay their workers, and represent our society equally in parliament? 3/7

It's not just that there's not enough women in parliament, it's not just that the women that are there are dismissed, ignored, or that they are not in positions to influence decision making, it's that the men who monopolise these positions don't think of women as equal 4/7

and autonomous human beings who exist outside of their relationship to men. Case in point, every man who trots out the "father of daughters, husband to a good wife" defence when his behaviour is found lacking. 5/7

So yes, the public absolutely needs to know about the culture of our parliament and the attitudes of those who represent us there. We need to be able to make it clear that their patriarchal booze soaked culture of sexual harassment belongs in the 1950s where it came from 6/7

and if they are not willing to change this culture, then we the people need to replace them with #CredibleWomen and #CredibleMen who will.
These same issues were hot button topics in 1994 for crying out loud, and 26 years later NOTHING HAS CHANGED 😡 7/7