Previously: Eddie McGuire 'Jokes' About Drowning Journalist Caroline Wilson
"If we think this is appropriate behaviour, heaven help us. I'm really sick of these posturing blokes thinking they can get away with stuff because they think it's funny. There are a lot of women who are sick and tired of feeling belittled and undermined. [...] He is a leader, people know who he is, and he can do a whole lot better than that."
Collingwood football board (June 21):
"The board accepted Eddie McGuire's unreserved apology for inappropriate on-air comments he made last week. It also expressed its complete and ongoing support for his position as president. The board and the club take the matters raised by these comments seriously"
"If you're going to want to be treated equally, the point is, don't complain when it's too equal [...] The jig's up Caro, honestly and truly. You're becoming an embarrassment. And even if you were underwater, you'd still be talking [...] Those excrement who have weighed into this — I'd like to mention their names, but as nobody reads or listens to them because they're on second tier media outlets I won't bother. But if you spray excrement with perfume or put aftershave on a piece of excrement, at the end of the day, it's still a piece of excrement."
"As a public survivor of sexual violence, you'd think I'd agree with Rowe. But while I'm all in favour of McGuire donating money to a cause that stops violence against women, I wouldn't in a million years suggest that he donate it to White Ribbon.Why? Because I and many survivors I know wouldn't give a single cent to White Ribbon.
The problem is that each time a celebrity commits or excuses violence against women, we watch the same predictable script unfold. Perhaps a high profile athlete has glassed his girlfriend or a media personality has sexually harassed a woman live on air. Then quicker than you can say 'opportunism', the White Ribbon collection plate will be whipped out.
But the question to ask is this: how much of that 'sorry' money is ever passed on to the support services that are assisting the victims in question?
And if White Ribbon is happy to pocket 'blood money' by cashing-in on individual acts of violence against women, then shouldn't they inject a hefty chunk of that money back into the frontline services that are expected to respond to the fallout caused by the initial violence? Services like domestic violence shelters, sexual assault counselling centres, or victim's legal aid — you know, the pragmatic services that do a little more than host 'awareness raising' breakfasts and the like."