Don’t take it from me. Take it from them…

Today is International Women’s Day.

Frankly, the fact we need to have International Women’s Day is an indictment; but women are still paid less, have less Super, are underrepresented in positions of power and responsibility, and are far more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence.

For a society that, on a good day, wants to consider itself enlightened, that’s a helluva litany, huh?

And then there’s the last couple of weeks in Federal politics.

Seriously.

(If you’re someone who rails at the idea of ‘days’ for certain groups, I’m going to ask you to re-read the second paragraph, above. That’s why we need one. And yes, apparently there’s a Men’s day, too. But seriously, just harden up.)

Now, I’m a…