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Outrage as media calls alleged male sex abuser a ‘woman’…AGAIN

Posted on News · October 08, 2022 11:57 AM

Journalist Sean Fewster has received backlash on Twitter after sharing his story about TikToker Rachel Queen Burton, who this week faced the Adelaide Magistrates Court accused of numerous child sexual abuse offences.

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BBC altered rape victim’s testimony to avoid ‘misgendering’ her transgender attacker

Posted on News · June 02, 2022 4:27 PM

The BBC altered a rape victim’s quotes in a story it published to avoid ‘misgendering’ her transgender attacker and conform to the BBC’s style guide which states that a person’s preferred pronouns should be used.

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Why are activists erasing JK Rowling?

Posted on News · March 10, 2022 6:00 PM

In 2016, Ruth Barrett published Female Erasure, a collection of essays by women speaking out against gender identity politics with the aim of exposing the harmful effects of this novel belief system on the lives of women and children. In a prologue to the book, Barret assumes a male voice to illustrate how male appropriation of womanhood works first to silence and ultimately to erase women:

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Researchers challenge global trend to desex language

Posted on News · February 22, 2022 2:54 PM

Acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood recently caused an online furore for sharing an article entitled ‘Why can’t we say the word ‘woman’ anymore?’

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Abuse survivors get first win in case against PornHub

Posted on News · February 17, 2022 3:21 PM

A US District Court has denied a motion from tech organisation MindGeek, the parent company for the pornography website PornHub, to dismiss a class action lawsuit against the Montreal-based tech giant.

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Apple’s new ‘pregnant man’ emoji latest attempt to erase women

Posted on News · February 01, 2022 3:12 PM

Apple has released a range of new emojis in its latest update, including a ‘pregnant man’ and a ‘pregnant person’, reigniting the controversy that was sparked when the Unicode Consortium officially approved them in September 2021.

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Billie Eilish opens up about devastating impacts of porn

Posted on News · December 16, 2021 12:21 PM

Grammy award winning singer Billie Eilish has opened up about her addiction to pornography, which started when she was just 11 years old, saying that the abusive content gave her nightmares and warped her ideas of sex and body image.

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Outrage at Australian media outlet for falsely reporting male sex attacker as “female”

Posted on News · December 10, 2021 9:00 AM

This week, news.com.au ran a piece titled “Female sex attacker’s horror demand”, with the byline, “A woman has been thrown behind bars after sexually assaulting a stranger she followed down a Melbourne Street before issuing a shocking demand.”

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Advertising standards body says Libra ad calling women ‘bleeders’ is ‘inclusive’

Posted on News · November 23, 2021 12:15 PM

The Ad Standards Community Panel recently made a determination about a complaint regarding an advertisement for Libra Period Proof Hipster Briefs. The sponsored Facebook advertisement contained the caption:

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