Sorry But It’s Pretty Sexist To Cheer Albo’s Beer Chugging But Slam The Finnish PM For Partying

Recently a video of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin dancing emerged online. In short, it was a slay. It was nice to see a politician doing a regular person thing like, you know, having fun. Then our very own PM Anthony Albanese 

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I know very little about #SannaMarin but I know that I'm sick of women being perceived as unprofessional because they like a laugh. You can be serious about your work AND be fun/sexy/fashionable/funny. No one is better at their job because they hate dancing & wear turtlenecks. https://t.co/xZhDHVFWVU

— 𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎 𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊 (she/her) (@dash_30_dash) August 19, 2022

When in Scandinavia – party like #SannaMarin #solidaritywithsanna #CopenhagenPride pic.twitter.com/FRi6te34mw

— Hanna Lis (@hanna_lisowa) August 21, 2022

If letting off steam at a party is the worst thing your prime minister has done, then you're a pretty lucky country. #solidaritywithsanna pic.twitter.com/0jGJBKuZ0M

— Fiona Patten MP (@FionaPattenMLC) August 22, 2022

We should all dance a little more!
I stand in solidarity with Sanna #solidaritywithsanna pic.twitter.com/q7l6qzXQzF

— DM (@dmeijerk) August 21, 2022

chugging a beer

Quietly enjoying @gangofyouths with the Prime Minister at the @Enmore_Theatre @AlboMP pic.twitter.com/iikYv7vBwc

— Rhanna Collins (@rhanna_collins) August 22, 2022

washing some poor woman’s hair Marian Keyes Machiavelli’s The Prince Britney Spears

Depressing how a female prime minster gets internationally slammed for dancing at a house party and yet in our corner of the world, we’re cheering our male PM skulling a beer at a gig. Why can’t we celebrate both

— radmuscles (@PipRasmussen) August 23, 2022

Sanna Marin has a boogie at a friend’s place and gets harassed. Albo sculls a beer at a rock concert and gets cheered.

— Jake Morrison (@jacobjakemo) August 22, 2022

If you are cheering Albo for skulling a beer at Gang of Youths… DO NOT have a go at Sanna Marin for her partying. #auspol #SannaMarin #gangofyouths

— ay_jay_dee (@Tiges15) August 23, 2022

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was videoed necking a beer at a Gang of Youths concert. One of these events was celebrated online. One was criticised. I’ll let you take a wild guess at which one was which! The video of Marin was met with loads of support, but also with backlash. She ended up having to take a drug test after a called for her to take one. It’s undeniable that the backlash faced by Marin was steeped in sexism. The idea of a young woman having a successful career, a family and cutting shapes on a weekend? Abhorrent, apparently. People from around the world posted videos of themselves dancing on social media in protest of Marin’s treatment. But I — and a bunch of other people — can’t help wondering if the response to Marin’s video would’ve been different if it was a man. Prime evidence for this? Anthony Albanese at a Gang of Youths concert in Sydney. I have no beef with Albanese chugging a beer. In fact, I quite liked it — it was nice to see a Prime Minister do a normal thing without it reading as a bizarre PR stunt. He wasn’t , which is already a level up from the last guy. Personally I think politicians having interests and hobbies and yes, fun, is good. I would feel vastly more represented by a politician who enjoys a good novel and a boogie with friends than one whose “to-be-read” list includes   and who wouldn’t know a song if it smacked them in the face. But the response to Albanese chugging a beer at a concert has been almost universally applauded. We love it when a male politician is seen as a bit loose, as a bit of a lad. As soon as it’s a woman though, she’s forced to defend her job. I don’t see anyone demanding Albanese take a breathalyser test or imply that going to concerts and drinking makes him any less fit to be PM. It’s clear that the standards of professionalism women are held to are far higher than those for men. It would also be incredibly remiss not to acknowledge that this burden is far, far higher for women of colour. Controversially, I don’t really care what politicians get up to in their private life as long as it’s not harming anyone or abusing their power. Let women have a boogie and a bevvy in peace or bring that energy for male politicians too.