From news.com.au (sent in by Brenda)<\/p>\n
From correspondents in Auckland
\n25-07-2006
\nFrom: AAP<\/p>\n
\nA PROMINENT New Zealand lawyer - bald and moustachioed - turned up to court wearing a skirt and blouse and carrying a handbag to protest what he says is a
\nmale-dominated judiciary.<\/p>\n
Rob Moodie, 67, fronted Wellington's High Court yesterday dressed in a navy blue skirt suit with added female extras, The Dominion Post newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
\"I will now, as a lawyer, be wearing women's clothing,\" Mr Moodie was quoted as saying .<\/p>\n
\"The deeper the cover-up, the prettier the frocks.\"<\/p>\n
Mr Moodie is heterosexual and married with three children.<\/p>\n
But he said he was born with an innate understanding of the female gender.<\/p>\n
\"I prefer and relate to the gender which is involved in the creation and nurturing of life: giving, sharing and also, I believe, fairness,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"My confidence in the male ethos is zilch. It's a culture of intimidation, authority, power and control.\"<\/p>\n
He was not sure which toilet he would be using at the court.<\/p>\n
\"I call it a flash of lace at the urinal.\"<\/p>\n
It is not the first time Mr Moodie, a one-time rugby player, has challenged convention.<\/p>\n
In the 1970s he wore kaftans and women's clothing while working as secretary of New Zealand's Police Association.<\/p>\n
In the past few years, Mr Moodie has litigated in a number of high-profile cases.<\/p>\n
He was in court yesterday fighting contempt charges brought against him by the solicitor-general, over the posting on the Internet of a suppressed report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","topic-tag":[],"class_list":["post-344","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/344\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgr.net.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic-tag?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}