Tag: gender

Disempowered men, lynch mobs and breast binding advice for girls

Two of my favourite women writers were published in ABC Religion and Ethics on the same day this week. Dr Helen Pringle (long time collaborator and contributor to Big Porn Inc) and talented emerging young writer Laura McNally, who I’ve published here a number of times before. Both are contributors to the new Connor Court […]

Death, sex, sport: all dad needs for father’s day

Men are stereotyped too Came across this father’s day ad in The Weekend Australia magazine. Right here we have a snapshot of the stereotypes that limit men and contribute to socialising them into standard – and often harmful – ways of behaving. The ad spruiks six SBS DVDs for dad. The first is ‘The Killing’, the second […]