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 […]
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 […]
‘We must make sure that we are raising young men who know that it is unacceptable (and illegal) to have sex with someone who is too drunk to consent and empower them to stand up to those who think that behaviour is okay’ Paul Dillon is Australia’s foremost authority on the impact of alcohol and […]
#MeToo has encouraged some men to post about their misogynist behaviour online, but they need to move beyond social media confessions. October 22, 2017 by Feminist CurrentEarlier this week, Meghan Murphy offered a few suggestions as to what we might ask of men, in light of the viral hashtag, #MeToo, which aimed to remind the […]
‘We cannot ignore that we have leveraged these toxic ideas to get what we want’ Around the world, women, en masse and too many to count, have shared their experiences of sexual assault, harassment, molestation and intimidation in a global outpouring of identification with the victims of Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein. Their shared recognition […]
“If empowerment is our goal, we won’t find it within the commercial interests of companies like Honey Birdette” By Caitlin Roper Ryan Gosling gets it. As his character asserts in the 2011 film Crazy, Stupid, Love, “The war between the sexes is over. We won the second women started doing pole dancing for exercise.” It’s […]
‘This book helps parents understand how we can win back girlhood – happy, wild and free. It’s the core of individuality and self-belief – and is the new feminism that we want for our daughters’ Globally renown psychologist and author Steve Biddulph has been a remarkable support for our movement Collective Shout since the earliest […]
The focus has to be on the predatory behavior of boys who would decide to build a website that facilities the illegal trade in images and the online exploitation of girls In the latest incarnation of porn culture, at least 2000 images of schoolgirls from 70 Australian schools have been traded through an online site […]
Madonna turns her back on the cause of women In exposing the breast of a 17-year-old fan, Madonna sets back campaigns for respect and consent There were the tired and predictable sexual props. The pole dancing. The sexualised dancers dressed as nuns. The on-stage spanking by her dancers, crew and band (all 19 of them) […]
Most gendered harm is not reported in the bush I had to ask for access to a bathroom once a month because I had my period! So eventually instead of access to a bathroom, they got me access to a Toyota so that I could drive away to a toilet. So the entire crew knew […]
“[I want] better education regarding sex for both boys and girls [and] information about pornography, and the way it influences harmful sexual practices.” These are the words of Lucy, aged 15, one of 600 young Australian women and girls who took part in a just-released survey commissioned by Plan Australia and Our Watch. The survey, conducted […]
Whispers from the Bush: MTR to launch new book on sexual harassment of rural women I was honored when Skye Saunders asked me to launch her significant and timely new book Whispers from the Bush on Friday in Canberra. I’ll be sharing a little about my experience growing up and working in country Victoria and praising Skye […]
