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One third of domestic violence victims denied services

September 15, 2014
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One third of domestic violence victims denied services

Following last week’s launch of Our Watch – a new national initiative aimed to prevent violence against women and their children – the One in Three Campaign has released a new analysis of the latest Australian data on male victims of...
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

May 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

In this month's issue: Households struggle between pay days Airline child seating policies: all men are not potential paedophiles Male Menopause: No longer a myth by Jed Diamond men’s health services TRAINING PROGRAMS news briefs Men, Unemploym...
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

May 1, 2014
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EMALE Issue 134 (May 2014)

In this month's issue: Households struggle between pay days Airline child seating policies: all men are not potential paedophiles Male Menopause: No longer a myth by Jed Diamond men’s health services TRAINING PROGRAMS news briefs Men, Unemploym...
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Posted in Discrimination, E-Male, Elders, Gender & Masculinities, Newsletters, Suicide & Self-Harm, Topics & Issues, Unemployment, Work, Work-Life Balance | No Comments »

The other gender divide: where men are losing out | guardian.co.uk

May 6, 2013
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The other gender divide: where men are losing out | guardian.co.uk

The feminist movement is working to tackle misogyny and its many harmful consequences, but should it address misandry, the male equivalent, too? Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters It's difficult to deny that women suffer more than men as a result of thei...
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Posted in Boys' Education, Criminal Justice & Gaols, Discrimination, Domestic (Intimate Partner) Violence, Feminism, Gender Equity, Occupational Health & Safety, Suicide & Self-Harm, Topics & Issues, Unemployment, Violence, Work | No Comments »

Judith Grossman: A Mother, a Feminist, Aghast – WSJ.com

April 16, 2013
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Judith Grossman: A Mother, a Feminist, Aghast – WSJ.com

By JUDITH E. GROSSMAN I am a feminist. I have marched at the barricades, subscribed to Ms. magazine, and knocked on many a door in support of progressive candidates committed to women's rights. Until a month ago, I would have expressed unqualified supp...
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Book review of “Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination ” by Edward Kruk

January 31, 2013
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Book review of “Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination ” by Edward Kruk

This book is, in a word, courageous, in one sense in particular: it exposes how ideologies, “isms” based on an assumed superiority in which one group feels entitled to power over another, have no place in the quest for social justice, equal...
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Posted in Discrimination, Gender Equity, International Perspectives, Journal Articles, Male Studies, Misandry, Policies, Resources, Resources: Male Studies, Topics & Issues | No Comments »

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency once again ‘finds’ wage discrimination without evidence

January 5, 2013
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The Workplace Gender Equality Agency once again ‘finds’ wage discrimination without evidence

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) has once again appeared to 'find' wage discrimination without supporting evidence. We have covered this issue previously here. Thankfully this time around Graduate Careers Australia, the research body that ea...
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Men are crying out for equality too, especially in parenting

December 30, 2012
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Men are crying out for equality too, especially in parenting

We were on the tram, me and two little boys. It was a Saturday evening in June and the three of us were returning from a football match. One child was my son, now seven years old, the other his schoolfriend. Two matronly women noticed the three of us ...
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Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling

December 25, 2012
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Father knows best as single dads tackle the other glass ceiling

Dads' group members Don Crinson (left) with son Merlin and James Vincent with daughter Ashley. Photo: James Boddington Charles Areni was shopping alone in a city department store between Monday meetings when he realised he was being watched. His three...
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EMALE Issue 114 (September 2012)

September 1, 2012
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EMALE Issue 114 (September 2012)

In this month's issue: friends are key to midlife wellbeing fly in/fly out lifestyle bad for workers male victims of violence face gaps in services and need special consideration: NSW Government Report airlines demonizing men events MEN’S HEALTH...
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In the new sexism, men sense love (and life) is a battlefield

August 25, 2012
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In the new sexism, men sense love (and life) is a battlefield

Men face their own form of discrimination, which one author has labelled the 'second sexism'. Photo: istock photos DAVID Benatar knew what was coming. In the preface to his new book The Second Sexism, the South African professor attempted to get in fi...
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Male, presumed dangerous

August 18, 2012
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Male, presumed dangerous

Battling stereotypes … preschool worker Craig d'Arcy has set up the Males in Early Childhood Network Group. Photo: Greg Mace As a young man eager to get into a boom industry with a robust future, Craig d'Arcy spent several years as the only male stu...
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Posted in Child Abuse, Discrimination, Gender & Masculinities, Gender Equity, Misandry, Policies, Political Correctness, Raising Children, Topics & Issues | No Comments »

Three book reviews of David Benatar’s The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys

August 1, 2012
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Three book reviews of David Benatar’s The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys

Miles Groth, J.P. Messina and Jonathan Badiali provide reviews of David Benatar's The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys in the 3rd edition of the New Male Studies journal. From New Male Studies: An International Journal - Vol. 1, Issue...
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The Lace Curtain is alive and well at the SMH

July 28, 2012
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The Lace Curtain is alive and well at the SMH

As predicted, despite yesterday's media release from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing that men fare worse than women in education, health and crime, the Sydney Morning Herald has somehow twisted the data around to claim that "Statistics conf...
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13 reasons it’s unlucky to be a man (UK)

June 22, 2012
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13 reasons it’s unlucky to be a man (UK)

When your life is committed to helping the world work for everyone – men and boys included – it’s easy to forget that most people don’t see the inequality and discrimination that men and boys face on a daily basis. So to help us sp...
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Fathers4Justice UK Launch Father’s Day Olympic Ad in Times Newspaper

June 16, 2012
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Fathers4Justice UK Launch Father’s Day Olympic Ad in Times Newspaper

This advertisement appeared on page 37 of the Times Newspaper. Today Fathers4Justice are holding a Father's Day Service at Trafalgar Square to protest against the secret British family courts that routinely separate children from good loving fathers. ...
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