“Are You An Average Australian?” Dunno, Do You Have Boobs?
Posted by Clem Bastow on July 22, 2008
Yet more sunny sexism from the news.com.au stock photos folder – today we have this charming example, illustrating a piece on what the “average Australian” earns, spends, and so forth:
Can’t read the first little bit of the caption? It says “Stacking up…” GEDDIT? Like “stacked”? Boobs? Hur hur hur!
Click through to the article and there are our anonymous bosomy friends once more. This has nothing to do with anything, really, unless they’re clutching at straws and tying it in with this alarming statistic:
This is bad news for people on the brink of retirement. The average super payment for men this year is expected to be $155,000, while women can expect an average payout of $73,000. These payouts have to stretch a long way.
There’s no word as to whether this is to do with men currently at retirement age having worked more, over their years in the workforce, than their female counterparts, or whether it’s to do with discrepancies in pay rates between men and women, which is still a huge problem.
But why answer the difficult questions when you can just show some bazoongas in a tight t-shirt?
tina_sparkle said
they should be more specific. that looks like the average aussie not only has boobs, but D cup ones at that!
A, B, C & D+ cuppers, you should feel special. you’re not ‘average’!
Epskee said
My boobs are bigger, does that make me an “above average” aussie?
Or maybe my clevage signals that I have extra debt and stress?