Robert Corr

Playing house is a waste of precious breeding time

Because reading it yourself will put your brain cells at risk, here’s Bettina Arndt’s latest rant in eight easy dot points:

  • It’s fine for Julia Gillard to live with Tim Mathieson, but she’s setting a bad example for most women, who are too stupid to make life decisions.
  • Unmarried women “slide into it” accidentally when their lease runs out. They’re whores who screw a series of blokes in lieu of rent.
  • Don’t “waste precious breeding time”. Get hitched to the first man who shows a passing interest, or you’ll die rejected and alone.
  • Many women get pregnant to trap their partners into staying. These women are stupid and the men will leave anyway.
  • De facto partners are just “playing house”. It’s not a real home until you’re married and making the most of your precious breeding time.
  • It’s fine for Germaine Greer to have a baby without a husband, but she’s setting a bad example for most women, who are too stupid to make life decisions.
  • Pat Rafter is not married, therefore he doesn’t love his children.
  • Gee, I miss John Howard. Life was so much easier with a man at the top telling women what to do.

¶ As a matter of fact, Pat Rafter married the mother of his son in 2004 — as if further proof were required that Bettina Arndt is living in the past.