It's obviously no secret that there is a huge gender gap (in general but also) in how we respond to what celebrities wear. Women's appearances are always subject to critique while men's wardrobes are hardly judged in comparison. One TV show host decided to test that double standard by wearing the same knock-off Burberry suit for a year straight. Not surprisingly, no one said a damn thing. 
 
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 Karl Stefanovic is an Australian TV personality, co-host of Aussie morning news show Today. His co-presenter Lisa Wilkinson constantly faces criticism and generally unsolicited fashion advice from viewers. Frustrated with this, Stefanovic decided he was going to try a little experiment. For one year, save a couple instances, he wore the same exact cheap suit (with a different shirt and tie) just to see if anyone would say anything. Via Sydney Morning Herald: 
 
 "No one has noticed; no one gives a shit," Stefanovic tells Fairfax Media. "But women, they wear the wrong colour and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there's thousands of tweets written about them. "Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear." 
 
 "I've worn the same suit on air for a year – except for a couple of times because of circumstance – to make a point. "I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour – on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they're wearing or how their hair is ... that's [what I wanted to test]." 
 
 Only his cohost Lisa Wilkinson and another Today member knew about his experiment. As hilarious and interesting as this is, he simply proved something we all already know, the double standard women deal with on a day-to-day basis. 
 
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 Here's hoping he washed that suit at least semi-regularly. ||||| Karl Stefanovic might have been excited to reveal he had been wearing the same suit for a year, but he probably wasn't expecting the tsunami of social media support that comes from tackling sexism head on. 
 
 Stefanovic revealed this weekend he had worn the same outfit every day on air in what became a year-long protest-prank against the double standards his female colleagues face. 
 
 The Today Show host told Fairfax Media he came up with the idea while reflecting on the constant criticism and unsolicited advice received by his co-host Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Armytage, the host of rival breakfast program Sunrise. 
 
 "I've worn the same suit on air for a year – except for a couple of times because of circumstance – to make a point," Stefanovic said. "Women are judged much more harshly and keenly for what they do, what they say and what they wear." 
 
 "I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humour – on how I do my job, basically. Whereas women are quite often judged on what they're wearing or how their hair is ... that's [what I wanted to test]." 
 
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 Stefanovic described the grand total of zero complaints or comments about his navy suit as evidence of the double standards for female presenters, and by extension, all women. 
 
 Almost 24 hours after the story was published, hundreds of tweets and comments were streaming onto social media sites. The vast majority are positive, the streams peppered with the less than glowing responses to the prank. 
 
 Karl Stefanovic has outed himself as a feminist after a year-long prank. 
 
 Brilliant. @karlstefanovic exposes sexism by wearing same suit for a year on @TheTodayShow. No complaints: http://t.co/F54ydMRa95 @Ladyjmo @karlstefanovic I loved this so much! Bloody double standards, well played Karl xx — Mrs Woog (@Woogsworld) November 15, 2014 
 
 Stefanovic's experiment has been picked up globally, covered by news groups such as the BBC, the Irish Independent, the New York Daily News and large American commentary site Jezebel. 
 
 Many in the Australian feminist community have welcomed the prank, describing it as a breakthrough message that translates the issues facing women to huge audiences. 
 
 Author and outspoken feminist commentator Van Badham described Stefanovic's suit prank as part of a growing movement of men making meaningful contributions to feminism. 
 
 "This act is not trivial. It's an example of a genuine human empathy that recognises when conditions are unfair and acts upon it," Ms Badham told Fairfax Media. 
 
 "Yeah, it's a suit. But it's one human being showing another that they have come to empathise with their disadvantage, and this is actually the recognition that exists in the heart of all meaningful social change." 
 
 Facebook's large and robust feminist online community Destroy the Joint's praised Stefanovic for "taking one for team, the team of women" on their Facebook page. The group has more than 48,000 followers, many of whom were debating the merits of his endeavours beneath the original post. 
 
 "Remember when Julia Gillard first started to wear glasses and after an interview with that Karl man, he and Lisa and the other hosts all put on glasses and mocked her. Haven't watched that morning fluff show since then," wrote a Destroy the Joint member. 
 
 "I don't buy it as a victory for feminism either. It is a stunt: the discussion of feminism seems to be locked in superficial terms surrounding whether it is ok to comment on someone's outfit (I think it is) or whether it is ok to comment on their weight (I do not think it is). In the meantime, men and women who need to rely on social security payments are being threatened with horrible spending control in the form of budget cards. This blow to equality in our country is real and it is imminent, I'll be willing to bet Karl hasn't discussed that yet," wrote one community member. ||||| 'Croc Kid' explains why he jumped in dangerous crocodile infested waters near Cairns. It was all to impress a 'beautiful backpacker'. Courtesy: The TODAY Show/Channel Nine 
 
 IT WAS the romance that blossomed in deadly crocodile infested waters. 
 
 Lee De Paauw, 18, was dared to jump into the Johnstone River near Innisfail in far-north Queensland on the weekend. 
 
 Almost as soon as he hit the water — known for being infested with crocodiles — one of the killer reptiles latched onto him. 
 
 On Tuesday morning, he told Channel 9 he foolhardily flung himself towards the crocs “for that beautiful backpacker”, referring to Sophie Paterson, a tourist from Britain. 
 
 “She didn’t even know I had been attacked at first. She thought I was pulling her leg until I hopped out of the water with my arm hanging down.” 
 
 He told Today’s Karl Stefanovic and Lisa Wilkinson that Ms Paterson had said she would go on a date following his ordeal. 
 
 But love’s young dream appears to have soured as quickly as an amphibious reptile can take a chomp out of a teenager’s arm. 
 
 At the exact moment Lee was talking up Sophie’s appearance on one network, she was demolishing his reputation on another. 
 
 “Look, I would have to be quite twisted to be impressed by that,” Sophie told Channel 7’s Sunrise on Tuesday. 
 
 British backpacker says she wasn't impressed by 'Croc Kid's' dangerous jump 0:52 'Croc Kid' and British backpacker, Sophie, talk about his dangerous jump into crocodile infested waters. Sophie says he was less than impressed. Courtesy: The TODAY Show/Sunrise 
 
 “Risking your life, there is nothing funny about that. I’m not impressed by somebody risking their life.” 
 
 Ms Patterson said she had arrived in Innisfail to do some fruit picking and was relaxing in the hostel with a friend when Mr De Paauw rocked up. 
 
 “Lee came to the hostel because he knew someone there. We were drinking, having a nice night. It was my first experience drinking goon. 
 
 “It was quite quiet, chilled out. Nothing too crazy,” she said. 
 
 “And then he decided to jump in with the crocodiles.” 
 
 Meanwhile, over on Channel 9, when quizzed about what made Sophie so special, a somewhat stilted Mr De Paauw suddenly seemed started to doubt she was really worth almost dying for. 
 
 “Ah, she is not really [so special], just another girl,” the sweet-talking charmer said. 
 
 “But she is really good-looking. [She’d] been kind to me the night before.” 
 
 Ms Patterson said she’d try and see Mr De Paauw — if her schedule allowed. 
 
 “I had the intention of driving to the hospital the next morning but he was moved to Cairns. 
 
 “I’ll try to pop up at the weekend if I can. I have a commitment to a job that I can’t get out of.” 
 
 As for witnessing a potential suitor’s arm getting ripped off as he tried to woo her, she said she was “pretty shaken up”. 
 
 “It was a horrific experience [but] it was an introduction to Innisfail, wasn’t it?” 
 
 Blissfully unaware of Ms Paterson’s comments on 7, Stefanovic said the prospect of a date meant there was a lesson to be learned. 
 
 “That is, if you jump into crocodile infested waters you can still come out a winner.” 
 
 But Ms Paterson’s reaction could mean that while he may manage to save his arm, Mr De Paauw may lose out on that sought after date after all. 
 
 Mr De Paauw, 18, has been making the most of his national notoriety, giving interviews on TV and radio after being mauled by a crocodile during a late-night swim at the weekend. 
 
 Mr De Paauw has recounted the horrific attack to Nine News with classic Aussie understatement, while still stained in his own blood. 
 
 “I was thinking f***, I’m gone, I’m gone for sure,” he said from his hospital bed. 
 
 The cheeky teenager explained how he was trying to impress Ms Paterson, who he had just met. 
 
 The fact that he had downed “10 cups of goon” may have contributed to his bravado. 
 
 “I started telling about how backpackers are more likely to get eaten by a crocodile than Australians. So, we decided to go down to the river and test the theory,” Mr De Paauw said. 
 
 He jumped into the river and the croc caught him in its powerful jaws and dragged him about six metres. 
 
 “It started shaking its head and carrying on,” he said. 
 
 Acting on instinct, Mr De Paauw punched the croc in the snout, but just before it could perform the death roll, he gouged the beast in the eye. 
 
 This split-second decision probably saved his life, because the croc let go. 
 
 “I swam back to the stairs with one floppy arm and pulled myself out,” he said. 
 
 A teenager who nearly had his arm ripped off by a crocodile, says he'd jump in the water all over again. @Zara_James9 #9News pic.twitter.com/v7kKYmHGYl — Nine News Brisbane (@9NewsBrisbane) March 20, 2017 
 
 Nine News journalist Zara James asked: “Do you understand that most of the country thinks that you’re one of the stupidest people around right now?” 
 
 “Yep, I do,” Mr De Paauw replied. 
 
 “What’s your response to that?” James asked. 
 
 “I’m not really. I’m just, I dunno, trying to prove a point.” 
 
 It seems Mr De Paauw is not embarrassed by the looking foolish in the national headlines. 
 
 “Haters gonna hate,” he said. 
 
 Two bones in his left arm were broken in the attack, and he is sporting gouge marks at the top and bottom of the limb. 
 
 Mr De Paauw also bragged about his punch-on with the croc on Nova FM yesterday morning. 
 
 “It took me out about six metres from the wharf. I hit it once on the nose, it loosened a bit,” he told Fitzy and Wippa. 
 
 “I got another hit in and it was right on its eye. I was lucky because it just dropped me.” 
 
 Although he won a date with his backpacker crush, her comments to Channel 9 may not help his street cred all that much. 
 
 “I’ve never heard a guy scream like that,” Miss Paterson said of witnessing the attack. 
 
 “You know, he was obviously terrified and he was obviously in agony. You know, it was just sheer panic.” 
 
 The crocodile attack was one of two in the Innisfail area within 24 hours. 
 
 Tragically, however, Cairns spearfisherman Warren Hughes, 35, did not survive when taken by a croc earlier in the day, while spearfishing at nearby Palmers Point. 
 
 Despite being described as super-cautious by those who had fished with him, Mr Hughes’ body was pulled from the water about 8am Monday. 
 
 Water police said his injuries were consistent with being mauled by a large crocodile. 
 
 He disappeared on Saturday and a search was sparked after his empty dinghy was discovered with his speargun nearby. 
 
 A crocodile measuring at least four metres was seen near the dinghy on Sunday night and charged at a police boat, behaviour that is consistent for a crocodile protecting a food source. 
 
 — with AAP
– An Aussie TV personality has worn the same suit on-air for a full year, and not because he likes the smell. Karl Stefanovic, a presenter on Australia's morning news show Today, says he kept wearing the blue Burberry knock-off to make a point: "No one has noticed; no one gives a s--t," he says. "But women, they wear the wrong color and they get pulled up. They say the wrong thing and there's thousands of tweets written about them." And Stefanovic has seen co-host Lisa Wilkinson—with whom he's had an admittedly rocky relationship—raked over the coals because her outfit happens to offend a few fans, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Unlike Wilkinson, "I'm judged on my interviews, my appalling sense of humor—on how I do my job, basically," Stefanovic says. He was particularly offended when the Telegraph ran old photographs of a female co-host on a rival morning show, dressed in comfortable clothes while running errands. "She's a mate and she was hurt by that," says Stefanovic, who offered her his support. "And I can understand." Hundreds of tweets (mostly favorable) reacted to Stefanovic's well-worn suit, The Age reports, with comments like "I loved this so much! Bloody double standards, well played Karl xx" and "absolutely brilliant stuff." Others, not so much: A member of a feminist Facebook page called the suit experiment "superficial," while an analyst on Jezebel saw nothing new: "As hilarious and interesting as this is, he simply proved something we all already know, the double standard women deal with on a day-to-day basis," Isha Aran writes. (Another recent viral video shows a woman getting 108 catcalls in 10 hours while walking around New York City.)