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Calling on Media to #Askhermore at AFL Brownlow Medal 2018

Posted on News by Coralie Alison · September 24, 2018 3:16 PM

The annual Brownlow Medal award ceremony will be held tonight to celebrate the sporting accomplishments of AFL players.

The Brownlow red carpet highlights a larger trend in the media, where women can be regarded as purely decorative. Wives and Girlfriends of players (identified collectively as WAGS) are observed and celebrated primarily for their physical attractiveness.

In the majority of red carpet interviews, reporters focus on women’s choice of attire, with gossip columns praising women who live up to specific standards of fashion and criticizing those who they deem to fall short.

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Brownlow Medal #AskHerMore wrap up

Posted on Calling on Media to #Askhermore at AFL Brownlow Medal by Collective Shout · September 27, 2014 1:29 AM

On 22nd September 2014 we called on the media to #AskHerMore at the Brownlow Medal, an annual event honouring the sporting achievements of AFL Players. 

The Brownlow red carpet highlights a larger trend in the media, where women can be regarded as purely decorative. Wives and Girlfriends of players (identified collectively as WAGS) are observed, analysed and celebrated primarily for their physical attractiveness.

In the majority of red carpet interviews, reporters focus on women’s choice of attire, with gossip columns praising women who live up to specific standards of fashion and criticizing those who they deem to fall short. Players and partners have spoken out against this trend. 

Here are some highlights from the campaign. Thanks to all who joined us to #AskHerMore !

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Brownlow Medal events

Posted on Calling on Media to #Askhermore at AFL Brownlow Medal by Collective Shout · September 22, 2014 6:05 PM

2011

Pregnant Aussie WAGs get "nervous" about red carpet events

Shaun Burgoyne's wife Amy admitted that all the wives and girlfriends find the event "stressful" because they are expected to look like supermodels when they're actually "just normal, regular girls".

WAGs in spin at 'sexist' fashion pod

"(It) did nothing but further objectify the WAGs and undo any good work that has been achieved to clean up the sexist pressures (they) have faced."

Victorian Women's Trust policy officer Sarah Capper agreed, saying: "It reduces the partners to comparisons on a yum cha menu."

2012


Brownlow Fashion Police 

"If the stupid 'Fashion Police' are going to be at next year's Brownlow NO WAY will I be attending," she (Haylea Cooney) tweeted last week.

She said players' partners felt a lot of pressure in the lead-up to the event because of the focus on the red carpet.

"The (critics) can be pretty tough," she said before the event. "We are not models. I am a mum ... I have never done any modelling," the mother-of-three said.

Several high-profile AFL players took to Twitter to defend the WAGs. "No females will ever want to go to the Brownlow after hearing what these blowers have to say about them," tweeted Collingwood's Travis Cloke during the telecast.

2013

Opinion article from Celeste Liddle 

The AFL is great at tackling racism. But what about sexism?

"Sometimes, embedded sexism is more subtle. Take the annual Brownlow Award night coverage. Every year, red carpet commentators state how Brownlow night is “the ladies' chance to shine”. If this were true, then wouldn't we instead be watching televised coverage of the awards night for the Victorian Women's Football League? What the commentators really mean here is that the women accompanying the players; or “WAGs” as they are disrespectfully referred to; will be admired for their choice in garments and will be invited to parade said garments by posing or, occasionally, by standing on a turntable. The next day, they will have their appearance graded out of 10 by the tabloids. To the AFL, the commercial stations, the tabloid newspapers and the general public who lap up, it is clear that women “shining” equates to women looking good. The individual accomplishments of these women is irrelevant."


Calling on Media to #Askhermore at AFL Brownlow Medal

Posted on News by Collective Shout · September 22, 2014 12:03 PM

The annual Brownlow Medal award ceremony will be held tonight to celebrate the sporting accomplishments of AFL players.

 

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