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‘I don’t get it’: Skimpy debate fires up after mining boss attacks sexism – Sydney Morning Herald
Powerful female mining executive Fortescue chief Elizabeth Gaines has criticised sexism in the sector and questioned the presence of ‘skimpy’ barmaids at bars …
“You’ve got to have venues that are far more appropriate … and actually reflective of society as a whole. Not objectification of one part of society, and the other part of society looking on.
“But it is particular to Kalgoorlie and some people like it so. Who knows? Maybe its a big tourism thing,” she said.
Natalie Baker, who runs Perth’s Best Girls and flew in skimpies to staff the pubs during the event, dismissed the media’s obsession with the skimpy debate, which she said flares up every …
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