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Macho Tony Abbott and the women who ruled him : Comments
By Peter West, published 10/12/2015Many discussions of masculinity, my own included, have pointed out that masculinity has its paradoxes.
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Certainly I can see why you are obviously lamenting the loss of your 1950's like-minded bloke Tony Abbott. You are missing those good little women of the 50's and prior, that stayed at home and cared for their man as only he allowed them.
To me, Abbott was never 'masculine' as such, but merely a little man trying too hard to be one of the big boys. He never really fitted in with the other blokes in politics either did he? Certainly, it wasn't just Bishop and Credlin who caused his demise at all was it?
As you yourself explained, Abbott didn't need much help to be on the nose with most intelligent voters by the end....he managed to alienate them all by himself.
Bare in mind that the party room that voted him out in the end had very few women in there at all, so you should be blaming all the good old Liberal boys for Abbott's demise.