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Natasha Stott Despoja: stop the slaughter in our neighbourhoods

24/9/2016

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Ms Stott Despoja told the audience that “young boys aren’t born thinking that they need to exercise power and control over others to be a real man”.
“Our society teaches them that,” she said.
“The good news is ... violence against women is preventable. While this is a complex issue, at its heart, it is simple. We must begin with gender equality and respect for all women.”

​Read the full story here

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Terang speaks out

23/9/2016

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​This is a spoken word Tarang Chawla wrote and performed about masculinity and violence against women. Terang hears talk about how "real men" don't hit women, whatever that even means. That doesn't sit right with him.In this country, women keep being injured or killed because men act violently. And he's sick of it. 
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Rape is not sex. Abuse is not a relationship.

21/9/2016

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Murder is not protection. Abuse is not a relationship. Rape is not sex.
With a single headline, The Daily Mail turned an alleged child murderer into a loving father protecting his son, and an alleged child abuser into a romantic lover.
Killing to “protect” someone is self defence.
Killing a child to cover up your son’s crime is murder.
Rape is not sex.
Abuse is not a relationship.

​from here
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Don’t believe these lies about DV and its youngest victims

19/9/2016

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It is unacceptable that some women are still being trained by some lawyers to lie and say they want their child to have a relationship to their abusive parent in fear that the will be otherwise be perceived as vexatious by wanting to alienate their child from the abusive parent. 
Read the full article here.
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Rosie Batty slams Pauline Hanson over maiden speech family violence comments

15/9/2016

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If Australia is being swamped by anything it's family violence. That's the real threat. One in four children are traumatised from being exposed to family violence and that's the emergency.
~ Rosie Batty

read the full story here

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Jackson Katz: Violence against women — it's a men's issue

14/9/2016

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Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called "women's issues."

"Calling gender violence a women's issue is part of the problem for a number of reasons. It gives men an excuse not to pay attention."

In this bold, blunt talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men's issues - and shows how these violent behaviours are tied to definitions of manhood. A clarion call for us all - women and men - to call out unacceptable behaviour and be leaders of change.

Listen to his talk here.

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Expressing yourself can be a challenge after leaving an abuser who has methodically twisted and squashed your thoughts and opinions. 

14/9/2016

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Leaving an abusive partner is hard work. And when you do manage to escape, the work doesn’t stop—it changes. Part of the job now is rediscovering yourself and finding your voice.

​Read the article here.

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This Is Why I Didn’t Tell You He Was Beating Me

14/9/2016

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Understanding the mind-set of a victim of domestic violence is almost impossible to do. Unless, like this writer, you’ve been one. One woman's story.

​Read it here.


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KNOW NO - This Powerful Campaign Hopes to Teach Young People What Consent Is

13/9/2016

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If a woman or man is asleep or unconscious, that person isn't going to say anything, which means they can't consent to any kind of sexual activity. So unless that person gives you a firm "yes," it's rape.
​Read the full article here.

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No, women aren't as likely to commit violence as men

12/9/2016

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Pick any article on the internet about the violence men commit against women and you can pretty much guarantee that at least one of the first five comments under it will be from a man furious that feminists are ignoring the unreported epidemic of women’s violence against men. 
It’s time to stop; this is a rubbish claim. Not only is there no data that supports such a claim, but the data that we have proves the exact opposite.

​Read the full article here.

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Revenge porn to be criminalised in Western Australia domestic violence law

12/9/2016

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Australia has a piecemeal approach to revenge porn. WA is now proposing a two-year jail term for cyber-stalking or posting explicit images of a partner or former partner and will introduce a new retraining order. 

​Read the article here.

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Not all men commit abuse against women. Not even most men. But all must condemn it. 

10/9/2016

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​https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/08/men-abuse-women-condemn-male-violence-masculine
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That well placed apology can be just as dangerous as that slap

10/9/2016

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