tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post1107241140243688828..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Quick hit: Rural Female Bachelor challengerskatyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-36268249709783418192009-04-24T22:27:00.000+12:002009-04-24T22:27:00.000+12:00Anna - I've never seen the competition but I think...Anna - I've never seen the competition but I think it was started because of the difficulty rural men were/are having finidng women who want to live in the country. It's not about farming (the title is rural in general not farming in particular) so much as eligibility (whatever that means). I think it includes domestic and social skills.<br /><br />It's also not meant to be taken seriously.<br /><br />A contest which is serious and does take in the whole running the business thing is the Sharemilker of the Year. Women compete there as equal partners or in their own right.homepaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596903968235369282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-85832944562089151932009-04-24T15:18:00.000+12:002009-04-24T15:18:00.000+12:00I'll be interested in your view on this, HP, but I...I'll be interested in your view on this, HP, but I think comps like these tend to misrepresent the work of farming, and women's contribution to it. They present a bit of a 'dumbed down' version of farming - only focusing on the number 8 wire side of it, and never the running your own business, knowing the industry, knowing the science, etc, sides of it. Of course, rural women have been doing all these things since the advent of farming - as well as doing the domestic chores needed to tend to the other farm workers (ie cooking and washing on a huge scale).Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06076244041878300351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-15585183362325493722009-04-23T21:31:00.000+12:002009-04-23T21:31:00.000+12:00The competition has been run for several years, bu...The competition has been run for several years, but until now it's been for blokes only - could opening it to women be striking a blow for equality?<br /><br />(Though must admit I'm always a wee bit suspicious about the use of "ladies".)homepaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596903968235369282noreply@blogger.com