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.
News & Views AOC’s misogyny speech sounded all too familiar for Senator Sarah Hanson-Young Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s speech struck a chord with women and for some in Australia’s federal parliament, like Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, they hit close to home.
News & Views AOC’s take down of Ted Yoho’s non-apology is one we won’t forget Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took to the floor of the House of Representatives, tearing apart the abusive language and non-apology she received from Ted Yoho.
News & Views Let’s not pretend a powerful man preying on young women in law is an aberration The perpetual unmitigated acclaim that powerful men give each other ensures the systemic harassment and assault of young women in the profession continues.
News & Views Leigh Sales highlights sexualised social media abuse women in public eye face ABC anchor Leigh Sales took to Twitter on Wednesday to highlight the ‘sexualised social media abuse’ women in the public eye constantly face.
News & Views Alan Jones’ radio show revenue down by 50% as advertising boycott hits hard The Alan Jones Breakfast Show on 2GB has lost about half of its advertising revenue after a boycott over the radio host’s comments about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
News & Views ‘Vote the serial sexual predator out’: Katie Hill’s final rallying cry to women “Hopefully, we’ll elect a woman as President — if not, let’s work to make sure a serial sexual predator no longer occupies the White House,” Hill said.
News & Views Misogyny, male rage and the words men use to describe Greta Thunberg The bullying of Thunberg by conservative middle-aged men has taken on a grim, almost hysterical edge, writes Camilla Nelson.
News & Views ‘It’s not you, it’s the workplace’: New book confirms how senior women are unfairly treated The authors of a new book: ‘It’s not you, it’s the workplace: Women’s conflict at work and the bias that built it’ confirms women aren’t broken.