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Female MPs excluded from Question Time
It has been noticed that after all the Man Ban debate Labour did not have any female MPs asking questions in Parliament today. And only one Minister – Judith Collins – was asked a question. @janlogie...
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Busted and justifiably roasted
About the ‘Roast busters’: 1. Gang bangs don’t appeal to me at all but if all participants are genuinely consenting it’s up to them. 2. Deliberately drugging people for any reason is bad, to have sex...
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A male version of Hooters?
Ana Samways at NZ Herald has a sideswipe at the ‘Hooters’ culture. Seeing life from the other side A: Why can’t there be a male Hooters equivalent where male servers are shirtless and highly...
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Fuck and run fathers and male irresponsibility
A comment on Sensible reaction from Little on Tolley/contraception raises some of the most important issues when it comes to at risk CYF kids and contraception. I have worked on construction sites...
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The Nation – male suicide, housing and US politics
On The Nation this morning… Auckland housing again: Has the Government done enough to tackle Auckland’s housing crisis? Newshub’s political editor Patrick Gower asks Housing Minister Nick Smith. Same...
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Too many white guys?
Yesterday Hekia Parata announced she won’t be standing again in next year’s election. Patrick Gower opined in Hekia Parata gives John Key a ‘white guy’ problem: Hekia Parata quitting might give John...
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“Why I am a Male Feminist”
(Note: these are not my views, I have posted it to promote comments. I may give my two bobs worth when I get time later – PG)
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“Imagine a world without white men”
These days it’s not uncommon to come across ‘white men bad’ type sentiments. It’s not uncommon for someone seen to be a ‘white man’, especially one who isn’t young and doesn’t seem to be poor, to have...
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Poll on Ardern
The Listener has done a poll on attitudes to Ardern: Those results are fairly much in line with how I see things. I don’t think her age or experience are problems at all. All party leaders and Prime...
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Metiria versus Pākehā men #2
Another view that a few Pākehā men may not entirely agree with (and probably some non- whites and non-men). Miriam Aoke (Vice): Metiria Turei and How the NZ Media Ignores Its Own Prejudice For the past...
View ArticleMale survivors of childhood sexual abuse
An important item in Sunday last night on male sexual abuse – they claimed that 1 in 6 males have been victims of abuse. In this item the abusers were men, women, children, teens. Male survivors of...
View ArticleThe gender debate continued – transphobia
Marianne Elliot, who describers herself as a ‘feminist trail-lover’, sparked more gender debate on Twitter yesterday. I've been thinking a lot this week about transphobia, and the way that fear can be...
View ArticleGender progress at Otago University
This year Otago University has widened their gender options, and at the same it is reported that 60% of domestic students are female. ODT: Uni adds gender options Whereas in the past students could...
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