The big Kyle question
To the media watchdog’s press conference on Kyle Sandilands which drew quite the media pack.
The mood was becoming somewhat dull as journo after journo asked puzzled questions about why ACMA didn’t have the power to fine 2Day FM for his comments about Alison Stephenson.
The topic then moved to the subtleties of the rules over demeaning women. From the throng, a female voice asked the question of the day: “If he called a man a fat prick would it be okay?”
That Kyle sure knows how to get himself free publicity a-plenty! It’s been all over ABC radio all day today – and most of their listeners have never heard of Kyle – until now….
That really is a great question…. Can someone tell me what the response to it was and if, in fact, it would be okay?
Hmm I think KS has pushed it too far this time. I imagine all fathers of daughters would be imagining their kids in Ms Stevenson’s shoes and would want a go at Sandilands with a shotgun. After the big ratings drops for his radio show, I wouldn’t be surprised if the big television networks don’t consider dropping him from their prime time talent shows.
I think it would be OK to call a man a ‘fat prick’ and I’d be surprised if it hasn’t already happened. So there is already a double standard.
What isn’t OK is threatening to hunt someone down, that’s getting into the seriously creepy.
That said, this is a sideshow to issues in the Real World.
” That said, this is a sideshow to issues in the Real World.”
The Real World I live in is often dominated by students who think it is ok to threaten, abuse, intimidate and bully anyone they perceive as being weaker. Many of the ‘real world’ kids I teach are vulnerable and impressionable and copy what they hear from so-called ‘personalities’ who, for some reason, these kids place up on a pedestal! So…in trying to create a Better World for my students, my children and future generations, I like to think some of us are interested in cleaning up the Pollution. We seem happy to clean up the visible pollution but the invisible is so much more insidious
Nice one Roz.
I agree, why do we have to put up with abuse and offence of this sort. He wasn’t kindly expressing his opinion, he was incredibly threatening to a person who gave him a bad, ands most importantly, fair, review for his crap attempt at having an interesting program.
Neil? When the environment is fair, completely fair among men and women, you might be right, but ATM, when many more women than men are horribly assaulted, for no other reason than saying no to sexual advances or “no” to domestic abuse, then we have to make sure that this kind of expression is noticeably discouraged.
Kyle thinks this is OK behaviour, and if you think this is OK behaviour too, then have a read of Roz’s comment and see if you still think that way.
Agree with Roz. Also agree with part of your comment, Neil – I’m not advocating any crazy huntdown. It’s just a father’s turn of phrase. I think KS has already irreparably damaged the person he seems to value most by demeaning himself. Also apologies for double negative. Just to clarify, I do think networks will reconsider their audience response before resigning KS.
who cares #firstworldproblems
Good one, violence against people, and particularly against women, is far more than a first world problem.
How can Australia work internationally against the abuse of women, children and oppressed minorities (and majorities) when we allow this to occur in our own country?
Anyone who calls women ‘bags of meat’ and says men cannot help themselves when women uncover their bodies – therefore rape is the woman’s fault – would be pointing at Kyle and saying he proves their point.
If we breed a generation who believe that it is ok to think and to behave this way then we become the sadistic fanatics our parents warned us about.
Craig – there was no violence