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[–] GimmeSweetSweetKarma 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago  (edited ago)

There would be (rightfully) a huge amount of outrage if that line had read

"For cultural reasons women in the Muslim community cannot work with the men in the Country Fire Service (CFS) brigade in the town"

This is sexism pure and simple, and it should not be allowed, especially in government sanctioned roles. Just because we are afraid of being called racists shouldn't make us afraid of calling our sexism that we fought so hard to get away from.