Gender
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Domestic violence
Holding all men responsible for a violent minority has failed to keep women safe
The more I heard the discourse around respect and violence, the more it reminded me of being told that it was up to all Muslims to own the problem of terrorism and solve it.
- by Waleed Aly
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Domestic violence
Talking isn’t working: Push for PM to tackle porn, gambling, booze to stop violent men
Criminologist Michael Salter says leaders must be prepared to take a wider view of domestic violence prevention when national cabinet convenes for an urgent meeting.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Social media
Time to tackle this crisis in our community
We are facing a very real crisis in our community with the way the attitudes and behaviour of young men towards women is being shaped.
- by The Herald's View
Violent porn, online misogyny driving gendered violence, say experts
NSW police are called to 500 domestic violence incidents a day. Experts worry that online misogyny and violent porn are making the problem worse.
- by Jordan Baker and Amber Schultz
With a list of five demands, thousands take to Sydney streets over gendered violence
Sydney attendees held signs reading, “I’d feel safer alone with a bear” and “Murder on the dance floor, on a run, in a park, at the shops, in our homes”.
- by Amber Schultz
Attorney-general rules out royal commission into domestic violence
Mark Dreyfus said actions that need to be taken to address domestic violence have already been identified.
- by Olivia Ireland
The tough measures on the table to stop men killing women
The premier has vowed action on violence against women. This is what is being considered as community anger mounts.
- by Wendy Tuohy and Broede Carmody
Opinion
Gender equality
MONA shows why lost boys find #MeToo anti-men
The case was a literal example of what some men’s rights activists say is the new discrimination against men that post #MeToo feminism has enabled.
- by Jacqueline Maley
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Opinion
Can trans women and biological women share an identity? This case may provide an answer
Identity is fundamental to what it is to be human. The Tickle v Giggle case is exploring whether a trans woman can occupy the same space as someone born female.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opinion
Sunday Life
The list of reasons why men are luckier than women is long. But here’s a start
If I were a man, I could lick an ice-cream without every guy in the vicinity imagining me naked.
- by Kathy Lette
Contentious UK gender medicine report prompts reflection, outrage in Australia
LGBTQ advocates have slammed a report by British paediatrician Hilary Cass, who concluded there was inadequate evidence to support the use of puberty blockers.
- by Michael Bachelard and Aisha Dow