Male students from a high-fee religious school have been suspended after being caught ranking their female classmates from ‘wifeys’ to ‘unr@pable.’ These attitudes of male entitlement and objectification of women are at the core of men’s VAWG. apple.news/AAZ6cfNVZTaS3q…

‘It was a murder waiting to happen’: Dannielle never knew the truth about her monster [serial perpetrator] boyfriend
smh.com.au/national/nsw/i…

Mad Max’s ‘Furiosa’ and other car movies are starting to change who gets behind the wheel
By Helen Pinsent
theconversation.com/mad-maxs-furio… via The Conversation Canada
For more on men, masculinity, cars, and driving, see the notes here: xyonline.net/content/cars-d…

The national crisis of violence against women is the culmination of many issues — and some of them the government can fix:
Reform of social security and child support systems
Funding to frontline legal and support services
Social and affordable housing
abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

Sad sign sums up what Australian women really need
Women fleeing violent relationships receiving $5000 is a “cop out” and there’s an obvious way to spend the $925 million earmarked, says one advocate.
news.com.au/lifestyle/real… End Rape on Campus Australia

Why women would prefer to be alone in the woods with a bear than a man
Associate Professor Lisa Siguira on women’s perceptions of safety and risk, shaped by the actions of some men
theconversation.com/why-women-woul… The Conversation

What is modern masculinity? Interview with Professor Michael Flood on the Man Box 2024 findings, on young adult men’s levels of agreement and disagreement with stereotypical norms of manhood
abc.net.au/listen/program…

The Urgent but Complex Path to Ending Corporal Punishment: Understanding the Role of Bans
cgdev.org/blog/urgent-co…

Most young adult men reject traditional ideas of masculinity based on aggression, stoicism and homophobia. Nonetheless, the ongoing influence of those ideas continues to harm men and the people around them.
By Professor Michael Flood
theconversation.com/aggressive-hom… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

The reality of working in family legal assistance. If the government is serious about ending the violence, it must commit to increased legal assistance funding. #justiceonthebrink National Legal Aid

smh.com.au/national/my-ph…

4 things schools can do to help prevent gender-based violence

Age assurance measures pose privacy & security risks, a better approach includes porn literacy

theconversation.com/4-things-our-s…

We write for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand w/ Sarah Vrankovich 🌻 Sharyn Burns Curtin University Edith Cowan University (ECU) RMIT University

Led by Assoc/Prof Asher Flynn & Prof Anastasia Powell & funded by ANROWS, this research focuses on perpetrators of tech-based sexual harassment at work. It highlights that this harassment is often driven by hostility & that perpetrators are rarely held to account. bit.ly/3y30OxN

The Man Box (rigid, traditional norms of masculinity): To address the harms of the Man Box, one thing we must do is challenge its sources. Whether these are: Parents. Peers. Porn. Or Preachers (male supremacist influencers)
Summary on the Man Box findings: xyonline.net/content/patria…

'Men need to step up': Attorney-General's call as Australians rally over violence 'epidemic'
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says it 'cannot be left up to women' to solve gendered violence.
sbs.com.au/news/article/a…

Are You Covered? New publication by Gippsland Women’s Health explores sex and relationships in the online world
Red Flags – what they mean and how to spot them
Can We Talk About Porn?
Swipe Right, Keep Safe
Etc.
Read online: online.fliphtml5.com/zubpl/edbv/
In PDF: …168956.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/22168956…

How male corporate leaders can play a role in ending gender-based violence
by Bec Brideson
womensagenda.com.au/latest/how-mal…
For more on men's roles in violence prevention, see xyonline.net/content/engagi…
Find key reports and references, many in full text, here: xyonline.net/books/bibliogr…

'To hear our PM reaffirm that his government are committed to ending domestic and family violence, and in the same announcement offer no new real solution or injection of funding into the priority areas the sector has asked for investment in, is gut-wrenching.' Delia Donovan

National Cabinet has committed to a range of strategies to stop violence against women, but has it done enough? theconversation.com/national-cabin… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand