Return visit planned for August At last, re-building our work post the 2020 losses, Daniel and I landed in WA April 19 for two weeks of engagements in Perth and Albany involving seven private schools and an independent school counsellor’s seminar. Fortunately, the snap lock down occurred over the Anzac Day long weekend, and, while […]
Following publication of my ABC piece ‘Consent education does not stand a chance against pornography’, I have been interviewed for a number of ABC programs and podcasts. ABC Religion and Ethics Report March 17 MTR talking sexual assault, harassment, coercion and the role of pornography as a contributing driver of violence against women with host Andrew […]
It will be wonderful to be able to return to Toowoomba, QLD, and Adelaide and Murray Bridge, S.A, to address students, teachers and parents in October and November. Toowoomba Parents, carers, teachers and guardians are invited to the event below this Monday, kindly hosted by The Glennie School, at which I have had the pleasure […]
Interview: Melinda Tankard Reist on healthy relationships, masculinity and the Conviction Group Forums By Harry Easton Conviction Group was delighted to welcome writer and social commentator Melinda Tankard Reist to the Sydney North Young Men’s Health Forum in September. The Young Men’s Health Forum is an event run by Conviction Group which aims to encourage […]
What a year! Our team is tired…but elated. This year has seen us achieve some of our biggest wins in our 10-year history: and you helped us do it. Here are some of our wins and highlights from 2019: Following our campaign calling on 7-Eleven to withdraw unrestricted pornographic magazines that sexualise teen girls and […]
Helping boys be their best selves Many of you are aware I am now presenting my ‘Navigating a Se*ed Up World’ to more young men around the country. Because of the demand – and because he is so good at engaging young people! – I now have Daniel Principe speaking alongside me more regularly. Sydney-based […]
The shame is not with young women’s sexuality but with a culture that teaches them that is their only value Melinda Tankard Reist Everywhere girls turn they absorb messages which tell them their value and worth is in their sexual allure and their ability to attract sexual attention. Messages from media and popular culture tell […]
Sexual harassment will not be reduced if drivers of harassment including sexualised and objectified portrayals of women remain continue unabated Shopping centres facilitate objectification of women Collective Shout made a submission to The Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. We commended the Commission for investigating this very serious violation […]
‘What do these words say about us, especially us men, and the culture we have created and the attitudes we have adopted?’ MTR and Daniel Principe at Macquarie College, Newcastle My friend and co-worker Daniel Principe posted this eloquent reflection on his experience joining me in engaging with students at Macquarie College Newcastle on Facebook […]
‘Porn is presenting rough sex and anal sex as something normal, and teenage boys are learning from their screens that it often involves violence and humiliation’ – Nikki Gemmell How encouraging to read the concerns a number of us have been attempting to raise for close on a decade now, in our national broadsheet The […]
