𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟’𝕤 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕠𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣’𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥

𝔸𝕤 𝕚𝕗 𝕨𝕖 𝕟𝕖𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕕 𝕠𝕟𝕖 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕠 𝕒𝕕𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕖 ℕ𝕖𝕨 ℤ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕁𝕒𝕔𝕚𝕟𝕕𝕒 𝔸𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕟 (𝕨𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥) 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤, 𝕒 𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕟𝕚𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕤𝕥 𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕨𝕙𝕚𝕔𝕙 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕤𝕚𝕞𝕡𝕝𝕪 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕪𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘.

J

acinda Ardern was meeting with her Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin when a (male) reporter asked if they were meeting just because they were both young women leaders.

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern and Finland's Sanna Marin quickly shot down a reporter who asked if their similar age and gender was the reason for their official meeting. https://t.co/HgBhR3g9tg pic.twitter.com/OT2i9A1PBa

— CNN (@CNN) December 1, 2022

Watch NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pick apart this reporter's question during a joint press conference with Finnish PM Sanna Marin. He asked the pair 'are you two meeting because you're similar in age and got a lot of common stuff there?'
Read more: https://t.co/eTtJEqJoFZ pic.twitter.com/UBEZs1kzvF

— SBS News (@SBSNews) November 30, 2022

He presumably won’t be asking that again.

I enjoy the barely repressed fury, channelled into totally being on her fucking shit, that Jacinda displays here - after what is, quite possibly, the stupidest question ever asked. https://t.co/9cw8605TGn

— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) November 30, 2022

Jacinda Ardern is just incredible.

She takes a childish, disrespectful question and manages to construct an intelligent, informative and educational response (backed up with stats) and deliver it with grace and eloquence.

Huge admiration for our PM. ❤️ https://t.co/uoUK75dqPt

— Cleo (@cleotibbitts) November 29, 2022

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"Because two women meet is not simply because of their gender"

New Zealand and Finland PMs shoot down reporter's 'similar age' questionhttps://t.co/LUT8ycuPcb pic.twitter.com/k8udtMvtWg

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) December 1, 2022

Beautifully sidestepped a wrong-headed and misogynistic question with no-nonsense grace and good humour. We need more politicians like @jacindaardern and @MarinSanna, and fewer journos like that bumbling twat who asked the question in the first place.pic.twitter.com/c7tYd8rpW8

— ʟᴀʀʀʏ & ᴘᴀᴜʟ (@larryandpaul) November 30, 2022

That last sentence of Jacinda's response. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It is simultaneously frustrating and awesome that women have to jump such high hurdles comparatively that when faced with questions like this, their responses just smash the stupidity out of the park. https://t.co/DAmrEJvUMp

— Dr Kate Miller @drkatemiller@mastodon.social (@DrKate_Miller) November 30, 2022

"A lot of people will be wondering are you two meeting just because you both like painting your nails and talking about boys and stuff...?"

Dear Lord https://t.co/dNL6VJk4fp

— Dr David Berger, aBsuRdiSTe cROnickLeR (@YouAreLobbyLud) November 30, 2022

Media sexism is still so rife. Women in politics are measured by a different yardstick. Also women are seen to not have gravitas so their accomplishments made trivial in this way. What a question to ask a Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/nf3nj99PJw

— Prof. Pragya Agarwal @drpragyaagarwal@mastodon.ie (@DrPragyaAgarwal) November 30, 2022

Complete killshot from Jacinda Ardern in the joint presser with Sanna Marin when asked if they were meeting because they were similar.
"I wonder if anyone asked Barack Obama and John Key that? ... because two women meet it's not simply because of their gender."
🪦🪦🪦

— Ben McKay (@benmackey) November 29, 2022