{"id":1541219,"date":"2024-03-07T18:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1675396"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:10:54","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T18:10:54","slug":"red-bull-revs-up-its-institutionalised-misogyny-not-spotting-the-hypocrisy-on-the-eve-of-iwd-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2024\/03\/07\/red-bull-revs-up-its-institutionalised-misogyny-not-spotting-the-hypocrisy-on-the-eve-of-iwd-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull revs up its institutionalised misogyny \u2013 not spotting the hypocrisy on the eve of IWD 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s International Women’s Day (IWD) tomorrow (Friday 8 March), so in the true spirit of championing women’s equality, Formula 1 racing team Red Bull has suspended a women for being – wait for it – “dishonest” (yes, really) because she made allegations against its big boss.<\/p>\n

Why let some allegations of inappropriate and controlling behaviour (that have not been tested in a court of law yet) get in the way of having a good, patriarchal time on IWD? At least not when you’re the cis, white, male (and allegedly sex-pest) executive of a major motorsports team.<\/p>\n

Red Bull suspends woman over being “dishonest”. Yes, that old chestnut.<\/h2>\n

In February, a woman working for Red Bull Racing lodged<\/a> a complaint of “inappropriate and controlling behaviour” against boss Christian Horner. Following an internal investigation, the company cleared Horner of the allegations.<\/p>\n

The motorsports business hasn’t made information about the allegations or its internal investigation public. On Thursday 7 March, the mainstream media have now broken the news that Red Bull are suspending the woman who made these allegations.<\/p>\n

As BBC Sports<\/em> reported:<\/p>\n

The woman who accused team principal Christian Horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour has been suspended by Red Bull.<\/p>\n

Horner denies the allegations, and Red Bull’s board dismissed the complaint after an internal investigation.<\/p>\n

“The company cannot comment on this internal matter,” a Red Bull spokesperson said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

BBC Sport has learned the reason given by Red Bull to the employee was that she had been dishonest.<\/p>\n

The allegations first came into the public domain early last month.<\/p>\n

Red Bull’s board made its decision to dismiss the matter last week after reading a report compiled by what the company have called an independent KC over several weeks.<\/p>\n

The company have given no explanation for the decision nor have they revealed what the report contained or the lawyer’s name.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Institutionalised misogyny – just in time for International Women’s Day<\/h2>\n

Given that Red Bull failed to elaborate its reasons for the suspension, people took to X to call out what looks a lot like institutionalised misogyny.\u00a0One poster called out other Formula 1 drivers for not speaking up:<\/p>\n

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We don't know the story. However, because of the silence, on the face of it Red Bull have suspended a woman who reported controlling behaviour and the accused man in power stays put. So many drivers (the people with a voice) haven't spoken up or called it "noise". #F1<\/a> #IWD2024<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/ext18Cx2Vq<\/a><\/p>\n

— Laura (@laura_libs) March 7, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n