It seems a bit strange that my first post should be about something that’s not technically a political issue, but I was so disgusted when I read this article that I felt I needed to have my say about it.
CHRISTINE HODDER, 38, was a much-loved woman with a husband and a three-year-old daughter, and had almost completed her Bachelor of Nursing degree when she killed herself in her backyard.
Ms Hodder, after enduring years of bullying by male colleagues at Cowra ambulance station, where she was the first and only female officer, hanged herself on her child’s swing in April, 2005.
The article goes on to talk about her frustration, and how despite approaching the issue with a sense of humour at first (I’m sure everyone knows how it feels trying to “laugh off” insults), she started questioning herself, doubting herself, and basically talking herself down. She took multiple bouts of stress leave and lodged two formal complaints.
