Imagine for a moment that you are a guy living in Western Australia. You are enduring periodic violent outbursts from your partner, and one night you go online looking for help. You come across the following web page: Now I ask you, would you be likely to contact this agency for help? Or would you … Continue reading Addressing systemic gender bias in the WA Department for Child Protection and Family Support
‘Prawn of the Patriarchy‘ is a combination of personal blog and annotated bibliography. For me it’s a way to keep track of notable articles/papers that I might otherwise never find again. For readers it’s a place to find information that provides a different perspective on a range of gender-related issues – often material that would … Continue reading Table of Contents
“There’s a lot of men suffering the same Abraham, men are less likely to report it though. Its a two way street. I found it degrading after having my bipolar partner restrained by police to be put in an ambulance, that the literature given to me and having called the help line, that it was … Continue reading Male victims of domestic violence – some personal accounts
This line has cropped up before but this latest incantation began with a discussion on the Australian TV show ‘Studio 10’. In this particular episode Ms Yumi Stynes declared a woman on the panel to be racist. Kindly refer to this article for some background. Yumi has already had her recent share of progressive infamy … Continue reading Acknowledging domestic violence in indigenous communities is racist. And so is failure to acknowledge it
This post relates primarily to Australian law, but may include some references to laws in other western countries. The feminist lobby is frequently demanding more ‘protection’ under the law for women/girls. But as for similar calls or media coverage for recognition of the needs of men & boys? Well that would appear to be close … Continue reading Legal reform needed to protect the rights of men & boys
Media attention has been given to a practice labelled as ‘stealthing’, whereby men remove their condom during sex without their partners consent (example). Few articles acknowledge that women perpetrate a similar act when they falsely claim to be using contraceptives in order to ‘trap’ a man in a relationship and/or secure an income stream via … Continue reading On ‘sperm-jacking’, paternity fraud and kidnapping infants
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic the mainstream media followed what is by now a well-established script. That script is one involving playing down or ignoring the negative impacts of an issue or situation on men, whilst focusing on the perceived negative impacts on women. It also involves playing up the positive contribution of … Continue reading Coronavirus: Women most affected
Feminists claim a strong link between televised football and/or major sports events such as the U.S Superbowl to sudden (alleged) surges in the incidence of domestic violence. Given however that the media repeats the same theme in various western countries on a fairly regular basis, I have decided that it merits its own post here. … Continue reading Public events & domestic violence myth
In another post I described the feminist-driven non-event that is the Queensland Government’s approach to tackling domestic violence. Now with an election just weeks away we have seen domestic violence policies released firstly by One Nation and then yesterday by the Liberal National Party. The Liberal National Party has offered up nothing new or different, … Continue reading Queensland LNP offers up failed measures to address domestic violence
Today the Australian media reported on a High Court case involving a pre-nuptial agreement (‘pre-nup’) between a wealthy property developer and his younger bride, who he met via a “web site for potential brides”: ‘High Court tears up prenuptial agreement between property developer and online bride‘ (8 November 2017) Pre-nuptial agreements have never been a … Continue reading One possible alternative to pre-nuptial agreements