This is a collection of some of more interesting, insightful or amusing tweets in the debate about Labour's gender rules for candidate selection, (the so-called 'man ban'). The list will be updated - please leave a comment if I've missed any gems. [Read more below]
The manban has been formulated by a party with a planban.
Currently debating the warrant of the conspiracy theories which claim the #manban discussion is a distraction for the #gcsb debacle.
Bernard Orsman @BernardOrsman
The 'man ban'. Can things get any worse for Labour. PC madness. @nzlabour
Ppl say the media should focus on the big issues. How can they when parties come out with something like the #manban? #talkbackgold
David Shearer is against the quotas. That should guarantee they get passed
Graeme Edgeler @GraemeEdgeler
I note that the proposed changes to Labour's selection rules remove the prohibition on discriminating on the grounds of marital status.
Perfect Mike Hosking @MikePerfectHosk
The Labour Party manban makes no sense at all. It's like saying "drinkable organic wine."
does the National Party have a quota for appointing ex-sports stars, or is it just a voluntary target?
Laura McQuillan @mcquillanatorz
Imagine if all those people outraged about Labour's "man ban" were equally outraged about the gender pay gap #imagination
Andrew Campbell @Andr3wCampbell
Depressed by sexist response to Labour idea to get more women into parliament. Glad @NZGreens have good list policy, other parties should 2
So, a Labour MP presumably leaked the info to Slater. And then today a chorus of MPs puts the boot into the proposal. Just who played whom?
Is Labour's gender quota the most patronizing & demeaning piece of affirmative action in recent times? Surely it takes women back decades.
Breaking News 2014: Labour decides its womens only candidate policy applies to the Maori seats only
Patrick Gower @patrickgowernz
Labour Party wants a quota system for MPs based on gender etc - not merit. Apparently this isn't a joke.
Labour's next caucus rule - seats reserved for the disabled, the mentally ill, overstayers, gays, vegetarians, the over 70s, the under 20s.
Imperator Fish @ImperatorFish
Amusing to see National MPs on Twitter mocking Labour's candidate selection processes. Anyone remember Aaron Gilmore? Paul Quinn?
I've got a solution to this 'manban' farce. Let's just get rid of these ridiculous historical "electorate" artifacts. Problem solved.
@jamessleep quotas are divisive. People believe passinately for or against. That's not hype that's fact
Discomfited at being aligned with the "OMG identity politics" knobs, but I worship at the Altar of Good Strategy, not of Golden Age Marxism.
Prospect of sensible discussion of Labour’s proposals ceased when #manban was coined. But it has certainly done its job as a #GCSB diversion
@harvestbird Over a couple of beers with my mates building a deck, we decided that the manplan has set progressive politics back decades.
There seem to be a lot of assumptions about working-class male voters from journalists and bloggers.
@saniac Fairfax one day, APN the next. I think "man ban" was inevitable - bloggers just got there first.
The only stupid line I see anyone swallowing in this gender-list business is that the media have swallowed a stupid line.
Went for a coffee this morn but was refused service. Not enough women had bought a coffee. Seemed about as fair as Labour's policy #manban
Aunty Haurangi @_surlymermaid
Upside to the #manban : Less likely John Tamihere will get an electorate seat.
Sean Plunket describes the #ManBan as "a completely co-ordinated attack by the Labour Party on itself"; and he's spot on.
Marama Davidson @MaramaDavidson
And while we're here, can we also have a #WomenWhoUpholdStupidPatriarchyBan in case #ManBan doesn't cut it
Hangin' out for the Trotter column on the #manban
12 hours late but hell yes, THIS. RT @lilith_grace: Since there IS no manban, perhaps we could have a different hashtag? #seatsforwomen
In one tweet: Labour's proposed rule about gender balance is damfoolish bc the narrative is #manban, not #sexismkeepingwomenoutofparliament
OK people - we need to come with a catchy new rebuttal for the absurd #manban
GENDERCIDE. RT @edmuzik: Is #GirlClub an improvement on #manban?
Wham! Bam! #manban. What an impact! Is Labour now going to can the manban? Damn!
Graeme Edgeler @GraemeEdgeler
Prediction: Labour conference will adopt the quota proposal but reject the electorate #ManBan proposal. May change selection committees.
Correlation between people who usually moan about political media bias and people who're shocked about the media framing of #manban: high
Marama Davidson @MaramaDavidson
my pro-Maori side is soothing my feminist side through this rough ride of false alarm tonight #BeenThere #manban
Labour should replace its #manban with a #maniacban.which at this stage would include most of caucus&membership.im a party member = spare me
While labour gets shit for #manban the Greens continue with their equal list which they've had for years #notanissue
Imperator Fish @ImperatorFish
The message here, wimmin, is don't even think about asking anything to change. The merest proposal will be smashed to smithereens. Got that?
#manban seems like a beat-up. The only interest in it is seeing people’s responses. And even that’s not really very interesting. Sigh.
@publicaddress having more women stand/elected is good my little democratic heart just skips a beat on banning people from standing at all
Louis Houlbrooke @louishoulbrooke
@damianchristie The internal workings of any party is a pretty significant indicator of that party's philosophy and thus potential output.
just saying...if Labour - or any party - puts up a candidate in my electorate under a "women only" policy, I will NOT vote for her.
Damian Christie @damianchristie
How a party decides to choose its candidates is up to that party and its members. Your choice is whether to vote for them. #ttrttpt
Damian Christie @damianchristie
Most people I hear complaining about the 'man ban' policy seem to think it's being forced on them, when they can always just not vote Labour
Could start by replacing Jones and Cosgrove with Fenton and Mahuta. #manban
Is anyone in favour of #manban concerned that women make up only 25% (2/8) of Labour front bench? Low hanging fruit...
So apparently Labour is "out of touch" with the people in supporting a policy that should have been implemented last century #flawedlogic
@LewStoddart More women MPs just for the sake of more women MPs is not a noble goal. Sexism lies in the population at large.
Theory about Labour's AWS policy timing: 30% is bedrock, so might as well get it done now when they can't go any lower, & hope people forget
Poni Poni Ārani @ColeyTangerina
I like that men are so used having no doors closed that they perceive affirmative action to be a ban on them #manban
*looks forward to the day when gender will cease to be an issue and tokenistic tossers won't create patronising policies* #manban
So are Labour saying that their members are sexist? Can't they vote in a fair share of female candidates by themselves? #manban
50% of houses should b owned solely by women n we should hv zero interest loans 2 fund this #manban
So I’ve caught up on #manban. The key narrative seems to be the willingness of journalists to let Whaleoil tell them what their story is.
I note current Labour caucus has 19 men and 15 women. So why a quotas and a #manban needed?
In one tweet: Labour's proposed rule about gender balance is damfoolish bc the narrative is #manban, not #sexismkeepingwomenoutofparliament
