Living in Melbourne and working in hospitality,one cultural difference with France was immediately apparent:men’s behaviour towards women.
It was only a matter of time before the tensions over sexual harassment inside Australia’s largest media organisation boiled over.
They put the MEN in menu and served chicken feed to a room full of chicks. Who’d dare cater for men with these ballerina rations?
If we want to make the silence of Parliament House bystanders a prosecutable offence,we must also ask:who are we at risk of silencing in the process?
In kicking the can of responsibility for the Yarra Valley Grammar students who ranked their female classmates to another school,parents are missing the point.
When my own high school rating list came out,that ranking stayed with me forever. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
If you don’t understand the journey from deeming someone “unrapable” to perpetrating abuse,you don’t understand what happens to women in this nation of ours.
Kick.com,the second largest livestreaming platform in the world,was created by an Australian billionaire. It’s increasingly known for content that crosses the line.
Boxing Australia’s head coach Jamie Pittman was found to have been involved in offensive behaviour involving female athletes.
If I were a man,I could lick an ice-cream without every guy in the vicinity imagining me naked.
Men are struggling to find a new way of being in a society in which gender roles and expectations are rapidly changing. For many,I see resistance informed not by sexism or misogyny,but by feeling confused.