Comments on: White Ribbon Day

By: Glen

Glen — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:12:30 +0000

One of the issues that men groups may have with WRD is that it only focuses on a narrow view of DV and does not look at victims of emotional abuse. If we were to delve into this realm of DV you would find that more men die and suffer in silence than women. Each year 50 women and 25 men are killed by their partner (including sax sex relationships) however whilst only 365 women commit suicide each year in Australia, more than 1400 men die through suicide with relationship problems being the biggest contributing factor. We spend so much time obsessed with the road toll and give not a thought that more men are committing suicide. What blows me away even more is that with child abuse marketing campaigns, it appears that only little girls are victims. I would be interested how you would refute the facts I have presented here ["Glen", FFS. Two days after Xmas and you come in here reviving a thread from many weeks ago, having met too much opposition at Andrew's place, I guess. Then you imply that I've got a responsibility to refute your stupid comment point by point, or be totally pwned I guess is the implication. Your assertion that men commit suicide because of women being rude and nasty to them is just that - an assertion. The evidence points more to the possibility that masculine roles as played out in Australia are often just as toxic for the men as for the women: or, as the saying goes, "Patriarchy Hurts Men Too". Blaming male suicide on the mens' female partners is an assertion; it's not a fact. Now run along and get your own blog, or find a current post to comment on. CIB]

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The Seventh Down Under Feminists’ Carnival « Ideologically Impure — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:05:28 +0000

[...] 25 November was White Ribbon Day. Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony blogged on White Ribbon Day; 2 B Sophora posted Dissolved In memory; Fuck Politeness noted White Ribbon Day report brings the MRAs and the ?What about teh poor MENS? dudes out of the woodwork; and The Hand Mirror reproduced extracts from a speech by Deborah MacKenzie, knowing is not enough. Part 2 here and part 3 here. [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:16:53 +0000

Thanks for the heads up, Jacques – not quite as easy as last time this happened, where they simply hid the stuff in old posts.

By: daiskmeliadorn

daiskmeliadorn — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:41:35 +0000

holy crap. i just went to the club troppo page. i’m not sure i’m going to follow the other links after all

thanks for this post and for pointing them out though. it’s easy (for me) to forget how prevalent those kinds of views are. i take back any cynicism i had yesterday about ‘white ribbon day’ (which isn’t even worth going into anymore).

By: shula

shula — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:53:47 +0000

You’re getting hacked?

Jesus, what a drag.

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:18:54 +0000

Well, you could hardly be blamed if there were no sellers about or people wearing them.

Jacques – I saw I’d been hacked yesterday (how long for I don’t know). Can’t work out yet how to beat them but I always have… so far! although I have to say it was easier when they “hid” the crap in the posts.

By: Oz Ozzie

Oz Ozzie — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:54:44 +0000

Loved the xkdc reference, thanks. Hadn’t seen that one before.

I only found about white ribbon day from reading this blog after it happened. Guess I’m just an ignorant male after all

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:41:51 +0000

Thanks for all the links. I went out and bought both (the bracelet and the ribbon) this morning, and then promptly forgot to put them on at work. Very annoying.

Yes, and saw lots of mos for Movember, too.

By: Jacques Chester

Jacques Chester — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:29:59 +0000

FYI, this blog has been hacked — lots of spam content in hidden paras. “View Source” will show you.