Media Representations
Your Relationship with Your Mother: A SURVEY FOR MEN (for Maggie Dent)
Maggie Dent has started writing her next book – Mothering Sons. As part of her informal research for the book, she is very keen to hear from men 18+ about their relationships with their mothers. The online survey will only take a few minutes and...
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Booking open NOW for screenings of the Red Pill in Sydney, Maroochydore and Adelaide Hills. Perth and Melbourne to follow.
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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Award-winning journalist looking to interview male victims of female-perpetrated sexual assault for story
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 you think women’s genitals should look like?
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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In defence of the Modern [Aussie] Man
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 releases landmark study of Aussie Men to coincide with International Men’s Day
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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21st century man: lost and anachronistic? (SMH article)
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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The Bold, Independent Woman Of Today and the “Good” Men and Boys in Her Life: A Sampling of Mainstream Media Representations. By Peter Allemano
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 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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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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13 Reasons it is Unlucky to be Male
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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Do men have the time to be great fathers?
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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Men’s Health Australia eNews, 30 July 2012
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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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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‘Daycare Dads’ (Channel 7 TV News story – video)
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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