Dear DC3
"said-Although, I made no mention of media. Are you reading something into my post"
No, but basically if it had happened to me I wouldn't have stood (or rather lay down for it!) dam* the consequences, and my partner is a retired journalist! I am a retired Fed public servant and I know how useless the Oz gov are. I would have done something as soon as I was back here, and what anyone else, neighbours, checkout girls at Coles, thought, I wouldn't care.
Different people have different reactions and there were enough women (and it now appears nationalities , OZ, UK, French, and how many more on the 10 planes affected) involved to cover a myriad of ages and attitudes, from embarassment to rebellion.
Its the young girls I feel really really sorry for.
Women in the middle east, even princesses, are fundamentally just the property of the men in the family. Father, brother, husband. Surprised if any of the women who were travelling with father/husband that their permission wasn't first sought to do this to wives, no wonder ....... finally the Qatari Government are a bit upset with airport authorities.