On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Sue Gardner <sgardner@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hey folks,

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/beauty/6041397/Kiwi-women-are-slobs-Wikipedia

"According to Wikipedia women in New Zealand are unfeminine, wear
masculine clothing and spend ''little time on makeup and personal
grooming''."

Somebody might want to take a look at this -- the article is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_New_Zealand.

This is the relevant paragraph:

"Lack of femininity: Women in New Zealand are supposedly unfeminine,
for example wearing masculine clothing and spending little time on
makeup and other forms of personal grooming. This can also be seen in
a positive light; Kiwi women are portrayed as not being held back by
ideas about being 'ladylike' and are therefore willing to take on
'masculine' tasks such as car maintenance and playing rugby. Former
Prime Minister Helen Clark is often seen as an embodiment of this
stereotype, for good and bad: critics point at her lack of children
and her choice on one occasion to meet the Queen while wearing
trousers; supporters like her passion for mountain climbing and
ability to hold her own in parliamentary debates.[24]"

If nobody else has time to look at it I'll try to do it sometime in
the next few days :-)

Thanks,
Sue

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