Women treated with shameful disregard in 2013
When pictures of the female players with full-forward breasts were splashed everywhere following Legends (aka Lingerie) Football League games in Sydney and Melbourne this month, it underscored what has been a losing year for women. Little publicity is given to women’s sport in general. Did you even know there are female gridiron teams, where players […]
Does the Human Rights Commission really care about gender equality? : one woman’s battle against porno and violent fashion
HRC needs to take stronger action on images which contribute to harassment and excuse violence Last month I wrote about Caitlin Roper’s campaign against pornographic t.shirts and featured an interview with the young Western Australian woman and sociologist Michael Flood on the subject. One of Collective Shout’s most active members, Caitlin had attracted a […]