australian values
So does anyone else think that it is illogical that that migrants wishing to become Australian citizens should have to be able to speak English and answer questions on Australian values, history, culture etc while those of us that are born here become Australian citizens without applying, comprehending or even forming a wish to do so, at a time when we cannot speak any language and have no knowledge of Australian values, history and culture?
Talk about inconsistent!! It is just inviting people to devalue citizenship by foisting it on them unawares at the moment of their first breath, when frankly, they have more important things on their minds than the date that the First Fleet arrived.
October 1st, 2006 at 10:16 am
“men will be men, regardless of culture”
I’m not even sure what that means, since what’s masculine and feminine is at least in part culturally/socially constructed.
as for “liking their men a bit blokey” - well, I don’t consider objectificatin of women, or blaming women for sexual hangups, to have anything to do with being a “bloke” if what a “bloke” is. I dunno who you define as a “bloke”, but none of the “blokes” I know consider sexual harassment the fault of the woman. And I think I hang out with a fairly “blokey” bunch, considering many of my uni friends work in the mining industry…