News & Views Julia Gillard set to release book on misogyny, ten years on from her iconic speech Julia Gillard is due to release a book offering reflections on her infamous misogyny speech, marking its 10-year anniversary.
Health rights and gender-based violence Tiktok trend shows men fantasising about the ways to murder women A spate of distressing TikTok videos show young men describing the ways they could kill women, ending with ‘and you f**king die’.
News & Views From ‘pretty communist’ to ‘Jabcinda’ – what’s behind the vitriol directed at Jacinda Ardern? Extreme abuse directed at Jacinda Ardern is part of a wider problem of sexism and misogyny in politics. Research suggests it may be on the increase.
News & Views Liberal MP Nicolle Flint gives final speech: ‘This is a hard place to be a woman’ Nicolle Flint has delivered her final speech to parliament, calling out the “misogynistic abuse and dangerous behaviour” she experienced.
News & Views The power of documentary in laying bare the misogyny experienced by Julia Gillard Strong Female Lead is a new documentary that exposes the sexism and misogyny that was on display during the period of Julia Gillard’s prime ministership.
Sport ‘Girls please stay in the kitchen’: As skateboarding debuts at the Olympics, beware of the lurking misogyny Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo but research shows female athletes are likely to cop abuse online when the competition starts.
News & Views Why it’s time the “good men” spoke up Why, in the midst of this heated gender debate, do we not hear more from men? The vast majority of good men who respect and value women?
News & Views Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says presidency is ‘not for women’ Duterte has said that women are not fit for the role of president, because of their emotional differences to men.
News & Views The uncomfortable truth about Sean Connery “I don’t think there is anything particularly wrong in hitting a woman, though I don’t recommend you do it the same way that you hit a man,” Sean Connery said.
News & Views Male politicians are still resorting to vile attacks of women to get ahead. It’s a national disgrace. Brad Hazzard referred to Jodi McKay as the “temporary opposition leader”, then launched into a personal attack, labelling her “stupid”, “a complete pork chop” and suggesting she should resign or be stood down.
News & Views Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny? Research shows one in five Australian women experience degrading content online. This is not ‘harmless’ or ‘normal’, writes Louise Richardson-Self.
News & Views MP Nicolle Flint calls out ‘sexist rubbish’ by wearing garbage bag dress. And gets cross-party support South Australian MP Nicolle Flint has put herself in a garbage bag dress to call out sexism from ABC journalist Peter Goers.
