Any good organisation exploits the talents of it's employees whether they are men or women, old or young, fat or thin, white or not. It is apparent in Australia that young white males get the good jobs based on a boys club mentality and not for any other reason.
Little wonder we have few truly global companies built on brains and expertise rather than digging up dirt like lucky dogs.
We are suffering a shortage of labour, in one sense, from an inability to exploit our human resource effectively.
Even Julia Gillard has had the "Sex appeal" rubbish trotted out already....same as so many women before her in politics.
If it is true that these men were the only ones with the expertise to choose those to represent our views it only serves to highlight a huge shortcoming in our society.
We can be a redneck, backward, sexist, ageist, racist country but for many women it is just too hard to try and compete on un-level playing fields.
Little wonder we have few truly global companies built on brains and expertise rather than digging up dirt like lucky dogs.
We are suffering a shortage of labour, in one sense, from an inability to exploit our human resource effectively.
Even Julia Gillard has had the "Sex appeal" rubbish trotted out already....same as so many women before her in politics.
If it is true that these men were the only ones with the expertise to choose those to represent our views it only serves to highlight a huge shortcoming in our society.
We can be a redneck, backward, sexist, ageist, racist country but for many women it is just too hard to try and compete on un-level playing fields.