‘Management should starve girls like this to make them perform’: men who buy women for sex

4 Apr 2015

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How come the sex industry never has anything to say about the johns and punters – the kind of men,...

50 Shades of Grey damages young men too: and other great commentary by men

2 Apr 2015

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I wonder if men like Jackson Katz and Jonah Mix and Chris Hedges (mentioned in this piece by Meghan Murphy...

There’s nothing ‘safe’ about silencing dissent

31 Mar 2015

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Pathologizing disagreement is an intellectually dishonest way to cope with challenging arguments. The MTR blog is fast becoming something of...

Disempowered men, lynch mobs and breast binding advice for girls

28 Mar 2015

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Two of my favourite women writers were published in ABC Religion and Ethics on the same day this week. Dr...

‘My parents didn’t just bring me home from the hospital, they bought me from the hospital’: a donor conceived woman speaks out against surrogacy

22 Mar 2015

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Don’t repeat what happened to us On March 5 the Senate Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs held...

The Scarlet Alliance says trafficking is a myth. It opposes penalties for brothels selling trafficked women and exit programs for women who want out. So why are we funding them?

19 Mar 2015

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I wrote earlier how the sex industry went into overdrive over some fair questioning on ABC Lateline last week. The...

On how feminism has been reduced to questions of lipstick, heels and aprons

18 Mar 2015

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  Are you a good feminist? Bad feminist? Is it really about you? Laura McNally Today the downturn of women’s...

Lateline exposes harms of ‘sex work’: sex industry goes nuts

15 Mar 2015

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The sex industry’s reaction to even mild questioning of its position demonstrates how any discussion about prostitution is shut down...

Caitlin Roper: My experience of online violence

12 Mar 2015

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Collective Shout activist writes on experience of virtual misogyny   Caitlin Roper, Campaigns Manager at Collective Shout, was asked to...

Should women have to submit to sexual demands to advance careers? MTR on Sunrise

9 Mar 2015

MTR in the Media

Women should not have to make sexual concessions to have a seat in the boys club. This morning I appeared...

Lisa Hunt Wotton interviews MTR

4 Mar 2015

MTR in the Media

Fat is not a feeling: Why I’m pressuring Facebook to remove body-shaming ‘I feel fat’ status

25 Feb 2015

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Fat talk perpetuates and normalises body shame Rebecca Guzelian How does it make you feel when someone close to you...