News & Views ‘Attractive’ and ‘unattractive’ men more likely to harbour hostility towards women, study shows The men who act hostile towards women are those who feel the best about themselves, and the worst about themselves.
News & Views Sex dolls and ‘Diddy’ costumes: the latest AFL drama shows Australian sport still can’t eradicate misogyny Disturbing details emerged this week about AFL men’s football team GWS’ end-of-year event, themed “controversial couples”.
News & Views Victorian students will get ‘anti-Tate’ lessons – but much more is needed to tackle gendered violence in schools Victoria has announced new teaching resources to tackle the influence of “manosphere” figures among students. But we still don’t have a clear picture of sexism and harassment in our schools.
News & Views ‘Toxic, misogynistic, exclusionary’: Campaign Brief criticised for male-dominated list of creative directors An Australian advertising publication is under fire for its “sexist” and “exclusionary” list of top creative directors in the advertising industry, which included just one woman.
Politics Can MPs across the political divide really get along? Female-led think tank Next25 believes it Nominations for Next25’s program to support women in parliament are now open, expanding this year to a nation-wide initiative.
News & Views Eight to two: The abysmal ratio we must factor into gendered violence The tech industry is always dominated by men and they have failed to address the issue of gender online abuse.
Ed's Blog Misogyny, racism and Australia’s freshly raised terror threat Where there’s hate, theres the potential for extremism and a belief that violence is the answer to a shift in power.
Olympics Three things made abundantly clear from the relentless bullying of Imane Khelif White feminism tells us we are strong. White feminism tells us we are fierce. We are fighters. But when Olympian Imane Khelif entered the ring on Friday, she was bullied.
News & Views Angela Rayner’s green suit: why is it so difficult for women in power to dress ‘correctly’? The “rules” about what women should and shouldn’t wear seem intrinsically sexist. Discussion about Angela Rayner’s green suit is the latest example.
News & Views The messages we tell our children continue to normalise domestic violence. We must call it out. Laurie Marsden took her daughter to see a stage production of Beauty and the Beast. The story normalises the dynamics of domestic violence.
News & Views ‘Online actions, offline consequences’: What can we do when disrespect online harms women and girls? The days of thinking about the online world and physical worlds as separate spaces are done. Really. There is no delineation any more.
News & Views Why women would prefer to be alone in the woods with a bear than a man Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexualised violence, and men are commonly the perpetrators.