Sydney man fired after calling feminist writer Clementine Ford a ‘sl**’

A MAN as been fired from his job as a hotel manager after calling popular feminist writer and commentator Clementine Ford a ‘sl**’ on Facebook.

A SYDNEY man as been fired from his job as a hotel manager after calling popular feminist writer and commentator Clementine Ford a ‘sl**’ on Facebook.

On Friday, Ms Ford shared a screenshot of her interaction with Michael Nolan with her 80,000 Facebook followers and tagged Mr Nolan’s employer Meriton Apartments in the post.

“I wonder if the folks over at Meriton Apartments are aware that a man listing himself as a supervisor for their business likes to leave comments on women’s Facebook pages calling them sl**s. I wonder if they are also aware that he is a racist,” she wrote. Mr Nolan has posted several racist jokes and memes on his personal Facebook page.

In a statement to Ms Ford, Meriton Apartments said they do not condone Mr Nolan’s behaviour and he has since been let go from his job.

“Michael Nolan was removed from the Meriton site on Saturday 28th November pending an investigation, and as of 2:30pm today 30th November 2015, he no longer works for the Meriton Group,” the statement read.

Ms Ford praised Meriton Apartments for taking her complaint seriously.

“It’s very reassuring to see a business adopt this policy towards their staff and I appreciate their handling of the matter,” she wrote on Facebook.

I will not stop until I have ruined every man's life by holding his own words against him.

— Clementine Ford (@clementine_ford) November 30, 2015

The Fairfax columnist frequently names and shames men who send her abusive and sexually explicit messages online.

Earlier this year, she criticised morning television program Sunrise for a post on the show’s Facebook page asking what it would take for “women to get the message” about taking and sending nude photos.

Ms Ford hit back by sharing a semi nude photo of herself on Facebook with “Hey #Sunrise get f***ed” written across her chest. The post was shared almost 80,000 times and received more than 305,000 likes.

Ms Ford says she hopes speaking out against online misogyny will reduce the chance of other women receiving abuse online.

“These men don’t get to just go around leaving these kinds of comments and attempting to degrade women just for the hell of it,” she wrote on Facbook last week.

“Why should they get away with it? Why should there be no consequences at all for them? Why should I put up with that?

“There are basically no consequences for men who behave like this, so we have to start making consequences for them.”

The photo Ford posted about Sunrise.

Ms Ford hit back against those who criticised her for getting Mr Nolan fired.

“To anyone who suggests I have caused a man to lose his job, I’d like to say this: He is responsible for his actions. He is responsible for the things he writes and the attitudes he holds. “It is not my responsibility to hold his hand and coddle him when he behaves in an abusive manner just because it might have consequences for him.

“Women are often told to stay silent about harassment because it’s not fair to ‘ruin a man’s career’. Why is their behaviour our responsibility? Enough,” she wrote.

More Australian women are starting to publicly out men who harass them online.

In September, several Sydney women started a group called Sexual Violence Won’t Be Silenced, which campaigns for greater awareness and stronger policing of online abuse.

The group was set up after one of the women’s friends was harassed online about her sexually explicit Tinder profile.

The woman’s Tinder bio referenced a lyric from Canadian singer Drake’s hit song Only: “Type of girl that will suck you dry and then eat some lunch with you.”

In October, a 25-year-old man was charged with using a carrier service to menace, harass or cause offence, after allegedly posting derogatory comments about the woman on Facebook.

The man will appear in Newtown Local Court on December 8.

News.com.au has contacted Clementine Ford and Michael Nolan for comment.