
Posted on 08:00, December 31st, 2011 by
Anita
If Hayden Donnell of the Herald didn’t have a head full of preconceptions about policewomen and women fighting this is how his article would start
Female cCop bashed, loses hair
A policewoman officer has head wounds and clumps of hair missing after being assaulted while attending a domestic dispute near Huntly.
Two officers – one male and one female – were set upon by four people soon after arriving at an alcohol-fuelled dispute at a Glen Afton property at about 1:30am this morning.
Police said the femaleone officer was hit in the head and had clumps of her hair pulled out by a womanperson at the house.
The media has a lot of power in setting social norms, effectively in telling us stories about ourselves. This is yet another example of the low-level ingrained sexism it exhibits.