Great strides have been made in the past few years, but Marty Sheargold’s Triple M radio rant shows the battle for equality is far from over

“It was just a joke.”

How many times have those words been uttered over the years after self-proclaimed “good blokes” slip up and make comments that appear to reveal their real views. By now, many thousands of words have been written about Triple M presenter Marty Sheargold and his “joke that missed the mark” about the Matildas. However, it is the attitudes that this “joke” represent that are most interesting to examine.