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‘Economic girlie man’ Bill Shorten unloads on ‘sexist’ Finance Minister Mathias Cormann

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has defended the ‘girlie man’ comment he made about BillOpposition leader Bill Shorten has hit back at comments made by Mathias Cormann.

Murdoch Press Head Line Above

FINANCE Minister Mathias Cormann has defended describing Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten as an “economic girlie man’’ arguing he’s not sexist because the term is not gender specific.

Stealing his lines from Republican and former Mr Universe Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has recycled the “economic girlie man’’ joke for years.

“I don’t think there’s anything gender specific here. Not girls, girlies, it’s very different. I hope you are not going to say I am a sexist misogynist.’’

According to Shorten

“This is the same bloke that was celebrating with a cigar in his mouth days before announcing cuts to pensions, family payments and universities.

The Telegraph Murdoch’s paper is doing their best to sanitize it.

The “economic girlie man” line has also been used on Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell comedy program on the ABC where it is regularly used as a longrunning gag by a character called Darius Horsham who is billed as Senator Corman’’s official spokesman.

Corman, Tony Abbott

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann defends calling Bill Shorten an ‘economic girlie-man’. Stole it from Arney…so original. Just like a financial adviser a (rip off)

Mathias Cormann at press conference

Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek said Senator Cormann’s comments detracted from issues surrounding the budget.

“I think it is extraordinary that we have a PM who talks about shirtfronting the leader of [another] nation and we now have a Finance Minister who thinks he is Arnold Schwarzenegger,” Ms Plibersek said.

“What Mathias Cormann is missing is that this budget hurts vulnerable Australians.”

Labor’s trade spokeswoman Penny Wong told Sky News the phrase sends a worrying message to younger Australians.

“If we use girl as an insult what are we telling our sons and our daughters about being a girl? You’re saying it’s somehow less confident, weak, whatever the imputation,” Senator Wong said.

“I just don’t think that’s sensible. Imagine if we used any racial term in the way it was used. I think we would all be outraged for the same reasons.”

On Sunday the Finance Minister defended himself, saying that “‘economic girlie-men’ has come to adopt its own meaning”.

“It is not in any way intended as a reflection on girls, it is entirely intended as a reflection on Bill Shorten,” Senator Cormann said in a statement.

Tony Abbotts charm like Ebola  is soooooo  infectious.