An impassioned plea from Bettina Arndt...
Ok, all you people who care about what is happening to men and boys in this country.
I’m spending many hours trying to organise screenings of The Red Pill – partly as a free speech issue and more i...
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We have been contacted by Ginger Gorman, an award-winning social justice journalist writing for news.com.au.
Ginger wrote to us to ask if we knew of anyone who might be interested in being interviewed by her for a story she's currently working on abou...
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What do men think women’s genitals should look like? Why should anyone care?
Because women are having pieces cut off their genitals to make them conform to an idealised standard that’s been likened to a Barbie doll: smooth, hairless...
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On International Men’s Day this year (November 19th), advertising and marketing company M&C Saatchi released a White Paper titled The Modern Man. The Paper was the result of eight months of one-to-one interviews with 140 men, primar...
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M&C Saatchi yesterday released The Modern (Aussie) Man White Paper - an unprecedented qualitative study of Australian men to coincide with International Men's Day.
The study is the result of eight months of one-to-one interviews with 140 men. Seve...
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In this month's issue:
What is a man? The Media have their say
Sexist Hyper-Masculine Adverts Make Men Aggressive
Women: hitting your man is not cute; it's abuse
men’s health services training programs
What Makes a Man a Man – New Male Ment...
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Today's Sydney Morning Herald features an article by Guy Mosel titled 21st century man: lost and anachronistic. Overall it's a very good overview of the various strands of the men's movement. However, it suffers from a couple of problems that most med...
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Tags: false allegations
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For decades, there has been an abundance of negative portrayals of men and boys in mainstream media, but here and there, especially in recent years, ostensibly “positive” portrayals have also been presented of exemplary men and good little ...
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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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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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An abridged version of this article appeared as an op-ed in the Newcastle Herald on November 17, 2012, and on the Online Opinion website on November 23, 2012.
November 19 is International Men’s Day: a time to promote male role models; to celebra...
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This week's topic for The Sun-Herald's weekly column The Loaded Dog is:
As we prepare to celebrate Fathers’ Day on Sunday, are men given enough time to be great fathers? Do bosses give men with family commitments the same job flexibility a...
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In this edition:
New Men's Health Australia website launched!
New email subscription system
Proposed Graduate Diploma in Male Studies – your feedback sought
Second Men's Health Australia Media Watch Report released.
Source: Men's Health Au...
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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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Channel 7 News Sydney reporter Sally Bowrey reports on the increase in the number of stay-at-home dads, but the lack of social services to support them. Broadcast on 12th June 2012.
Source: 'Daycare Dads' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO4s8X...
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