Sexism and bushfires

20 Responses to Sexism and bushfires

1. Redbaiter says:

   January 29, 2013 at 08:17

   They’re fucking everywhere too.

   Long past time for a good clean out.
   • mawm says:

     January 29, 2013 at 09:44

     There won’t enough lamp posts.
     • Oswald Bsatable says:

       January 29, 2013 at 14:06

       You can use then over and over!
2. WebWrat says:

   January 29, 2013 at 08:48

   I fail to get her point.
   Is it that men should run run away from disaster and avoid responsibility, or is it that not enough women are getting burnt in bush fires?

   I’m just about broke, no job and a $10,000 provisional tax bill coming up. I feel the bile rising as I think about having to pay for air-headed crap like this and all the other parasites we have to support.
   • Cadwallader says:

     January 29, 2013 at 09:33

     I couldn’t derive a point either, let alone any sense. What possible use is an oxygen thief like this?
     • mawm says:

       January 29, 2013 at 09:43

       Maybe the bush fire has replaced the BBQ?
3. Darin says:

   January 29, 2013 at 12:17

   Reading that article was a complete waste of 5 minutes of my life which I will never get back.Shouldn’t I be able to sue them?
   • Phil Stephenson says:

     January 29, 2013 at 13:50

     I only got half way through it and gave up because it seemed such a waste of time. More delusions of relevance from a useless, parasitical individual.
4. Flashman says:

   January 29, 2013 at 15:26

   She starts off reasonably enough with head nods to an established research stream on the behavioural impacts of natural disasters. Fair enough – my interest was piqued. B-.

   However she did not stay on message, but instead made a non sequiturial jump into a tired old academic cliche regarding masculine and feminine stereotypes. Honestly that was dying on its tush 20 years ago. Fail mark for faulty logic and derivative content. D.

   To close, she used the above false argument to present a thin and poorly presented case for research funding into gender stereotypes within natural disaster contexts. D.

   This is why I’m a great fan of academics putting their research interest up on-line. Sunshine is an amazing germ killer!

   Well done KG on spotting this epic fail.
   • KG says:

     January 29, 2013 at 15:46

     Thanks Flash. And you nailed it perfectly.
5. john says:

   January 30, 2013 at 17:07

   Oh, wow, man. That was soooo deep. I never thought of bushfires in a gender perspective before.
   How ’bout a title for this oeuvre.
   “Bushfires and Gender: A Psycho-Sexual Masturbatory Approach.”
6. KG says:

   January 30, 2013 at 17:14

   Perfect!
   • john says:

     January 30, 2013 at 17:48

     Thanks KG, just think of the possibility of a whole series.
     Tsunamis and Gender
     Earthquakes and Gender
     Earthquakes with Tsunamis and Gender.
     Rocks Falling Out Of The Fucking Sky and Gender
     
7. KG says:

   January 30, 2013 at 17:56

   *shudder*…don’t give the bastards ideas, John!
   • john says:

     January 30, 2013 at 19:35

     Yes, that’s the trouble isn’t it? Yesterday’s farce is Today’s Ph. D thesis and Tomorrow’s PC dogma.
     Sooo, do you think bringing a little Marxist-Leninist dialectic to the bushfire sexual disequilibrium hypothesis will resolve the gender imperative……?
     (hey, I think I’m getting the hang of this….. better stop now!)
8. KG says:

   January 30, 2013 at 19:38

   That slipped far too easily off your keyboard…you haven’t by any chance been infected, have you?
   • john says:

     January 30, 2013 at 19:51

     Well I did have a leftist (as it transpired) girlfriend a few years back. Maybe I picked up something.
9. KG says:

   January 30, 2013 at 20:10

   Toxoleftism is difficult to cure. 125mm/hr of reality over 7 days might do it…..
   • john says:

     January 30, 2013 at 20:36

     Thanks, Doc.
10. KG says:

    January 30, 2013 at 20:56