Recently, the mayor of Mount Isa (a mining town in Australia) has come under fire for his remarks concerning 'beauty-disadvantaged' women.
He has invited 'beauty-disadvantaged' women to come to Mount Isa because currently, there only 5 blokes for every lass. Which makes any lovely lass a lucky girl.
According to the
article,
In 2006, there were just 819 women aged 20-24 living there out of a total population of 21,421, according to the most recent census.
The mayor refuses to apologize because he feels that he is telling it like it is.
The feminist in me wants to kick him in the baby-maker for even seriously contemplating such a thing.
But in reality, what self-respecting woman or just people in general would take his comments seriously? I mean, would any female seriously consider going to a women-deficient town just to land a man?
Well, this one did:
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