News & Views ‘Homophobic and sexist’: Sam Newman’s latest AFLW rant hits a new low Sam Newman seems to get a kick out of controversy and causing offence but in a recent rant on his podcast, the conversation took a dark turn.
News & Views Prestige is no excuse: the women calling out poor behaviour in parliament and academia It’s been a big week for women calling out bad behaviour—one in academia, the other in parliament. Different settings, different faces, same old power plays.
News & Views From flowers to stalking: how ‘nice guy’ narratives can lead to male entitlement and violence against women The term ‘nice guy’ has been unofficially reappropriated to describe a man who presents as being “nice”, but feels entitled to some kind of attention in exchange for this niceness.
News & Views Why aren’t we listening? The perils of calling out racism and making workplaces safe for all women Why aren’t we listening to voices like Senator Mehreen Faruqi? Why aren’t we making workplaces safe for everyone?
News & Views Workplace discrimination against young women at three-year high A new study from the UK has found that more than fifty per cent of young women have experienced some form of discrimination at work.
News & Views Whatever you think of Lidia Thorpe’s actions, we cannot discount the misogyny directed at her Regardless if you agree or not with Senator’s Thorpe’s actions, why must we continue to use such misogynistic tropes to describe women?
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 ‘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.
News & Views A golf club in Victoria wanted more women to join. Some members made a mockery of the initiative A group appearing to be mocking a golf club’s initiative to get more women playing the sport have been suspended from the prestigious club for treating staff with “disrespect”.
News & Views ‘You know what women are like…’: How everyday sexism undermines women’s achievements Women have been making gains from medal podiums to world politics. Even so, everyday sexism is always here to put us back in our place.
Sport ‘You know what women are like’: Olympic commentator Bob Ballard removed following sexist comment =Olympic broadcaster Eurosport removes commentator Bob Ballard from its team after he made a sexist remark about Australia’s female swimmers.