The Branding Problem…

So, I’ve been thinking again…   Lately, the great Feminist comeback to criticism of Feminism has been going through a renaissance, courtesy of #Womenagainstfeminism.  It runs like this:  “X complaint isn’t really about Feminism,read a dictionary.”.  I really had to restrain myself to keep this as neutral sounding as I’ve seen it (all of twice),…

Men’s Rights Sydney Busts Some Myths

While perusing the Internet’s seedier gutters, as I am sometimes forced to do in fulfilling my duties here at Men’s Rights Sydney, I happened upon this noxious little nugget from what appears to be a feminist flavoured eMag called “Bust” (no, I’d never heard of it before either). Anyway, on this site was a trite little article titled “Men’s Rights…

Nivea Fears Their Own Supporters

As regular readers may remember, way back in January we brought you news of the shenanigans going on at Nivea, our reaction to their latest sexist ad campaign, and their misrepresentations to the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) that assisted them in getting away with airing it. It was the last part of this that really stuck in our craw. The ASB rejected…

Trigger Warning: This Is An Article About Trigger Warnings

Author: Catreece MacLeod Before we begin dissecting the concept of trigger warnings, let us first define trigger warnings. A trigger warning is a warning mentioned at the beginning of a piece of media in much the same way someone would place a spoiler warning, except the spoiler in this case is you might be offended…

Making The ABC Accountable

As we recently covered both here & here, ABC News Australia, to their shame, published an article last month that was little more than a mindless parroting of false feminist factoids on Domestic Violence, based on nothing but some outrageous claims from Domestic Violence NSW Director, Tracy Howe. Here at Men’s Rights Sydney we feel…

Domestic Violence Woozles in Australia

By Beverley Armitage In order to tackle any problem, as far as possible we need to know the extent of, and the reasons for, it. While it is true that statistics about domestic violence are difficult to obtain, there is data available. The 2012 ABS survey reports domestic violence levels at about 7% of the population and that 2/3…