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Campaigners protest Tyler, The Creator’s presence in Australia
By Andy Malt | Published on Thursday 6 June 2013
Australian campaign group Collective Shout, which targets organisations seen to objectify women and sexualise girls in advertising or the media, has hit out at the arrival of Tyler, The Creator in the country for a series of tour dates.
In an open letter to Australia’s Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Brendan O’Connor, the group said: “Tyler, The Creator promotes hate speech against women, perpetuating male entitlement to use women’s bodies, to regard women as ‘bitches’, ‘sluts’ and ‘hoes’ for their sexual use. Tyler, The Creator’s glorification of rape and violence against women could be considered inciting his fans to commit violent crimes against them”.
Australian politician Alex Hawke also wrote to Prime Minister Julia Gillard saying: “Allowing this man a visa to promote his misogyny to audiences, including children, is a complete disgrace and an absolute insult to all of us and to women in particular”.
This is not the first time Tyler has faced controversy down under, his group Odd Future being kicked off the New Zealand date of the Big Day Out touring festival in 2011, after complaints about their homophobic lyrics.
