Big Brother Australia is back and one contestant has viewers fired up.
Bruce, a 25-year-old tradie from Queensland, shared some of his controversial views during Tuesday’s episode of the reality series.
Discussing his traditional opinions, Bruce told his housemates that he believes women should stay home, raise kids and make their husband’s dinner instead of work.
‘The kids need a stable parental figure they can rely on. I always expected that it will be me working,’ Bruce said.
‘My parents always shared all their money. So my dad would go to work, and my mum was a full-time stay at home mum, looking after me and my three siblings, and they saw each other as equals,’ he explained.
‘When dad came home from work, mum had dinner on the table. They were married for 60 years. It works.’
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Big Brother Australia is back and one contestant has viewers fired up. Bruce (pictured), a 25-year-old tradie from Queensland, shared some of his controversial views during Tuesday’s episode of the reality series
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Other contestants, including Mia (pictured) were unamused
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Bruce said when he finds a partner, he expects them to do as his mother once did and stay home while he works
Bruce said when he finds a partner, he expects them to do as his mother once did and stay home.
When his co-stars, including an unamused Mia, 23, pointed out that Bruce was ‘not giving a choice’ to his future partner, he argued that traditional roles worked well in ancient times.
‘If we go back to caveman days, women stay and protect the kids, guys go out and hunt animals,’ he insisted.
Viewers tuning in were not impressed, with many calling Bruce ‘sexist’ and ‘misogynist’ – a label they also applied to another contestant, single father Michael, 49, who shared some of Bruce’s views.
‘I could not hold my tongue if Bruce and Michael tried these arguments on me! Sexist alert,’ wrote one person.
Another agreed: ‘Misogyny is alive and well listening to Bruce and Michael.’
One viewer complained: ‘20,000 people applied for this show and mega-misogynists Michael and Bruce got chosen? Absolutely disgusting.’
‘Bruce… there’s a reason we’re not in caveman days anymore… we evolved cause we had to,’ posted someone else.
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Viewers tuning in were not impressed, with many calling Bruce ‘sexist’ and ‘misogynist’ – a label they also applied to another contestant, single father Michael, 49, who shared some of Bruce’s views
Another said: ‘Michael and Bruce can p**s off. Their views are so god awful.
‘All women are better off not interacting with them anywhere at all.’
‘Could not have handled myself in that conversation with Bruce and Michael, omg,’ someone else said.
Yet another added: ‘Bruce and Michael are sexist dogs. In other news, water is wet!’
One more commented: ‘Bruce mate… the women in hunter-gatherer societies did just as much to provide as the men, outside of looking after children.
‘They weren’t sitting around doing the cave paintings all day while the men were off hunting.’
Another wrote: ‘Bruce, Michael or Jane for the most stereotypical backwards sexiest housemate? #BBAU never judge a book by its cover apparently.’