Do You Think Australian Women Lack Manners & Are Rude?

Here is a recent report that should cause some offense for Australian women:

GOOD manners can be the making of a modern woman, according to June Dally-Watkins.

Unfortunately, modern women are ignoring the advice of this matriarch of Australian deportment.

If the evidence screened on a recent popular reality television show is to be believed then certain young, modern, Australian women are not only completely lacking in good manners but they are also foul-mouthed, loud and uncultured.

While the terms “yobette” and “ladette” have now passed into common usage, it’s interesting to look at just how far the modern woman – regardless of age, race, status or income – has sunk in her attempt to “live in a man’s world”.

Many Australian women are now socially inept, particularly when it comes to manners – from the businesswoman who orders the hotel concierge to get them a cab “quick smart” to the moody shop assistant who rolls her eyes when asked for help and then turns to the next assistant and announces that she cannot wait to knock off.  [Courier Mail]

My own personal experience is that Australian women are not any more ruder then their other Western counterparts, so I don’t know what the big deal is. 

Then again maybe this is why they are rude?