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» 27/11/2021 10:18:17 PM Thank you Foxy, for finding the article from the New Yorker. I agree that he was reckless .....
» 10/07/2021 4:56:25 PM There are a number of moral issues here. - No one is entitled to demand that someone liste.....
» 10/07/2021 4:49:02 PM There was a time when fruit picking was a well paid job. Farmers are now too used to havin.....
» 4/11/2020 8:22:44 PM I think people are looking and learning from America's Trump experience. I can see the app.....
» 28/11/2019 9:18:58 PM There is a massive difference in the ability of (straight) men and women to find sex partn.....
» 11/05/2019 10:11:57 PM I understand why gay people are so sensitive to criticism. We have all heard awful things .....
» 17/04/2019 8:52:38 PM Like LEGO, we have all seen some appalling behaviour from football players, including seve.....
» 21/01/2019 10:29:37 PM @Tony Gillette have produced an advertisement that encourages men to stand up against tox.....
» 7/12/2018 12:58:44 PM Alot of parents don't seem to get this, but most private schools are owned by churches. Th.....
» 15/09/2018 12:07:56 PM It might be kinder to test every child at birth, before they have formed an attachment to .....
» 4/08/2018 11:17:07 AM There is no economically viable way to pump water over large distances. A cubic metre of w.....
» 31/07/2018 8:22:36 PM I actually like Malcolm Turnbull. Like Malcolm Fraser, he provides proof that the Liberal .....
» 28/07/2018 2:31:52 PM The killer quite possibly had poor mental health and, if this can be proven there should b.....
» 28/07/2018 2:22:26 PM We can use the Like Lazarus trial as an example of the problems with affirmative consent. .....
» 14/07/2018 12:52:24 PM Many of you are missing the point that mhaze made. We all agree that it is unfair to stere.....
» 13/07/2018 8:01:06 PM Well done mhaze. You certainly fooled me. I was shocked when I read the first post. I acce.....
» 20/06/2018 10:08:29 PM Even we talk about men's violence against ourselves (suicide), we see the same thing. I ac.....
» 20/06/2018 10:08:09 PM I agree that events like murder should get us thinking about how our society produces peop.....
» 17/06/2018 10:32:39 AM Runner- Do you have children? What are they like? I realise this is a bit personal, but I'.....
» 16/06/2018 9:02:33 PM Van Badham has made a career out of a particular model of feminism that has two goals; - H.....
» 16/06/2018 8:32:35 PM Feminist orthodoxy says that men's violence against women is part of a bigger pattern of s.....
» 4/06/2018 8:25:49 PM I support unions who get fair pay for workers. I have no time for unions who extort more m.....
» 20/05/2018 8:15:38 PM I would like to thank Opinionated2 for demonstrating that the men here are right. She has .....
» 20/05/2018 12:34:32 PM Toni ignores a phenomina called "missing white woman syndrome". Some murder vict.....
» 19/05/2018 10:57:23 PM I agree with the idea of having an even mix of men and women in parliament. We should have.....
» 19/05/2018 10:43:46 PM I bet opinionated2 knows a few men who are victims of domestic violence. We all do, we jus.....
» 16/05/2018 9:45:06 PM @Paul Which information, that was available at the time, should have disqualified the own.....
» 21/04/2018 10:15:44 AM I understand o sung wu's position that the military isn't for everyone. However, we can ne.....
» 15/04/2018 11:02:25 PM The main way to combat global warming is to depopulate. We simply can't keep growing. Chan.....
» 6/04/2018 10:02:44 AM I am disappointed that athletes who represent our nation cheated. However, I am more disap.....
» 30/03/2018 10:02:29 AM Many people are low-information voters, who make decisions based on first impressions. Jus.....
» 19/03/2018 7:48:29 PM @has been Almost 100 years ago, Will Rogers famously said "schools ain't what they u.....
» 11/03/2018 12:06:24 PM Many young people have always been attracted to extreme politics. There is nothing new abo.....
» 9/03/2018 9:45:59 PM Many people from the Labor Party have been calling Barnaby Joyce a hypocrite, as he spoke .....
» 4/03/2018 3:29:44 PM I doubt that Barnaby Joyce is the first politician to end up in bed with a staffer, or to .....
» 24/02/2018 1:23:58 PM We all know a few men like Mr Joyce. Whenever they enter a social setting with women prese.....
» 9/02/2018 7:51:09 PM I agree with Foxy's point that his partner should have been left out of this. The ex-wife .....
» 27/01/2018 12:55:06 PM Keeping Australia Day on its current date offends some Australians, because it can seem in.....
» 26/01/2018 10:36:29 PM Hi Foxy- I am also sorry for your loss. Hi Joe- I forget where I saw the idea, but I like.....
» 23/01/2018 8:35:37 PM Hi Foxy Thank you for your link about the power of language. I have no problem with use o.....
» 21/01/2018 8:01:32 PM I wonder if it is time to legalise marijuana. Some people can't cope without taking someth.....
» 5/01/2018 8:17:17 PM I would like to thank OSW for his informed advice about the law. However, many criminals w.....
» 15/12/2017 8:09:25 PM One of the key feminist ideas around these types of incidents is that we tend to blame the.....
» 9/12/2017 2:17:08 PM I support same sex marriage and always did. I agree that churches and other religious org.....
» 20/11/2017 10:30:02 PM If one is not her majesty, one has no way of knowing who will replace Queen Elizabeth II. .....
» 3/11/2017 6:30:07 PM Getup's values are quite different from most of the workers in the AWU. It is commonly sus.....
» 28/10/2017 3:27:24 PM I have no doubt that many children were sexually abused in these institutions. However, I .....
» 18/10/2017 8:37:20 PM The behaviour Hervey Weinstein is accused of is unambiguously awful. However, there must.....
» 16/10/2017 7:11:58 PM Some poor people are just unlucky. Many poor people are deeply flawed people. These flaws .....
» 3/09/2017 12:37:42 PM Hi Nick, as Allan and Graham said, we need to know about Australian history, the good the .....
» 2/09/2017 5:58:53 PM @Foxy Anyone who uses the phrase "first Australians" needs to learn some more h.....
» 2/09/2017 1:54:45 PM Very well done Graham. As a nation, we need to acknowledge that white Australians used vio.....
» 23/08/2017 7:35:31 PM @Killarney Libertarian feminists believe that the value of free choice trumps all other v.....
» 22/08/2017 7:52:25 PM I thought we weren't supposed to comment on the clothing choices of female politicians, be.....
» 19/07/2017 10:19:22 PM I don't know if it is becoming more prevalent. I suspect that extended family caring for y.....
» 9/07/2017 6:39:40 PM I have no problem with current gun laws or multi-tasking, but I think that the interest th.....
» 9/07/2017 1:29:42 PM As usual, Foxy is making the most sense. "As a society we need to focus on the indivi.....
» 3/06/2017 7:13:24 PM @doog After World War II, the rest of the world decided that they would not be concerned .....
» 1/05/2017 12:49:30 PM Hi Joe and o sung wu, I was unaware that the existence of massacres had been questioned an.....
» 27/04/2017 10:19:09 PM There is nothing wrong with saying that Australia was invaded. It is a statement of fact. .....
» 20/04/2017 8:06:18 PM Many people have rightfully discussed the importance of free choice. However, as the sayin.....
» 17/04/2017 9:19:28 PM Bring on the male pill. It also seems sexist to single out footballers as over-entitled, w.....
» 10/12/2016 1:39:26 PM Ttbn--There are several theories on the matter and it cannot be taken as fact that Aborigi.....
» 1/10/2016 3:05:08 PM There is a lot of research on which people are more likely to be victims of DV. While we c.....
» 30/09/2016 7:21:53 PM 50 years ago, the dominant theory of Australian pre-history was the tri hybrid theory, whi.....
» 22/09/2016 8:50:19 PM I miss the Pied Piper and Antiseptic more than the other three. Foxy seemed genuinely hurt.....
» 20/09/2016 8:24:22 PM I was impressed by Mr Leyonjhelm's ability to articuate his views. Alan and Mr Ryan have a.....
» 21/08/2016 1:51:20 PM According to some reports, the Commonwealth government spent $380 million on our Olympic t.....
» 4/08/2016 6:32:16 PM Thank you jayb for the information. People who want to talk about this issue need to under.....
» 31/07/2016 9:11:09 AM For those who are interested, the incident where a guard stripped young Dylan was the subj.....
» 30/07/2016 12:44:06 PM Paul, we won't know what went wrong until after the Royal commission. You assume the gover.....
» 29/07/2016 6:47:24 PM The Four Corners episode featured edited footage and the episode did not discuss the teena.....
» 28/07/2016 10:11:12 PM I agree with o sung wu's view that there is no easy way to handle this type of teenager. S.....
» 28/07/2016 9:52:01 PM @Steeleredux Most violence in prisons is directed by inmates at other inmates. In addition.....
» 27/07/2016 9:52:20 PM I want to thank onthebeach for the linked story and mature discussion. At the moment, we h.....
» 26/07/2016 8:45:20 PM There are good reasons why they use spit hoods and there are good reasons why some young p.....
» 26/07/2016 8:32:34 PM I thought that the story contained glaring omissions about the context of decisions. The .....
» 6/02/2016 9:50:40 PM This idiot was never going to come to Australia. It was clearly a publicity seeking stunt .....
» 29/01/2016 7:08:02 PM Does Bon Scott count as a bogan? He personified the good parts of old Australia. He seemed.....
» 22/10/2015 6:32:11 PM @imacentristmoderate, I think you mean that he felt that he had no choice. He could have t.....
» 12/10/2015 8:29:24 PM The quantitative data partially supports both positions. Women are twice as likely to self.....
» 6/10/2015 9:34:19 PM It also occurs to me that talking about mental illness is problematic, because it lumps to.....
» 6/10/2015 9:24:49 PM Pointing out the problems with the patriarchy theory of DV is easy. It is a flawed underst.....
» 3/10/2015 10:17:06 PM The problem with the deluth model is that some people want to pretend that it is a complet.....
» 17/09/2015 7:42:59 PM Everyone else seems to have missed it, but well done with that joke Runner......
» 26/04/2015 8:24:02 PM The major problem with data about murder of family members is that it only counts those ju.....
» 21/12/2014 4:09:36 PM Class is rarely mentioned in direct terms, but there is a clear sense of us and then in ma.....
» 21/12/2014 4:05:42 PM Generations of sportsmen have behaved like Shane and Kurtley. It used to be gossiped about.....
» 20/12/2014 9:28:49 AM PM Hawke's main project was managing wage rises and inflation via the accords. This emphas.....
» 3/11/2014 10:13:42 AM In response to Graham's question, being postfeminist seems more common than self identifyi.....
» 27/10/2014 2:24:14 PM There has been a long line of actresses who have had photos "leaked". Only the g.....
» 5/08/2014 9:27:32 PM Perhaps first world nations like Australia haven't declined but third world nations are st.....
» 13/06/2014 9:36:06 AM Please stop calling aboriginal people the "first Australians". We don't know muc.....
» 12/06/2014 6:01:38 PM Many of the hardest working members of our society rely upon raises of the minimum wage to.....
» 4/06/2014 12:21:47 PM Many voters make decisions based on limited information. Furthermore, most the important i.....
» 1/07/2013 9:32:57 PM Well said, Pelican......
» 14/06/2013 9:32:55 PM I live in an army town. These blokes have a well deserved reputation for sleaziness, yet s.....
» 4/06/2013 6:21:11 AM Am I the only person who thinks that Adam Goodes is the ugliest man alive? The reason he w.....
» 26/05/2013 8:06:50 PM @Suze You said that men who don't want to become fathers should abstain from sex at 9:28 .....
» 23/05/2013 9:24:59 PM Expecting men to accept a worse deal, as Suse does, is sexism. Women who want to have sex .....
» 22/05/2013 8:58:03 PM Bring on the male pill. All of the methods that Suze mentioned have problems. Women have t.....
» 2/06/2012 8:03:54 AM No one has a problem with people who have been very poorly teated seeking sympathy. The p.....
» 7/03/2012 6:47:52 AM @Suze I understand that you feel out-numbered, but if your arguments are too strong to re.....
» 5/03/2012 9:35:08 PM @squeers I also don't see a problem if many men want to watch porn and many women don't w.....
» 17/02/2012 7:04:56 AM Lines of argument can stand or fall on thier own merits. It shouldn't matter who advances .....
» 16/02/2012 6:52:04 AM Briar Rose Why are Christians the only people who get accused of imposing their morality .....
» 15/02/2012 8:49:00 PM Good work squeers......
» 14/02/2012 9:41:24 PM We hear crap like "being for women’s freedom, equality and self-determination is inte.....
» 10/02/2012 6:55:21 AM Rehctub Why is it only the wages of the low paid that need to drop? Shounldn't the sacrif.....
» 29/01/2012 7:47:07 AM Be careful Cherful. Someone will accuse you of saying that women who wear tradional Africa.....
» 27/01/2012 8:27:26 PM I don't brake for lawyers dressed in black. Cherful Being female and self-centred doesn'.....
» 23/01/2012 7:46:02 AM "The High Court's Wik judgement found to the dismay of the Howard Government that Nat.....
» 19/01/2012 6:29:47 PM "Poor" is a comment about class. Gambaro's comments were about race. Race is-not.....
» 7/01/2012 8:30:18 PM Favfern Don't waste too much time trying to understand under one god. I certainly haven't.....
» 7/01/2012 8:18:48 PM Wake up Banjo. 99% of Australians could never afford the boat that Jessica sailed......
» 31/12/2011 1:35:07 PM "Ad hominem attacks in place of arguments? Bless me, what do they teach them at these.....
» 22/12/2011 6:44:55 PM Decriminalisation won't make prostition any less regulated. Before they know it, they will.....
» 6/12/2011 7:55:37 AM The targeting of white women by the Lebanese Australians was racist. Their failure to acce.....
» 5/12/2011 6:46:16 AM So why are those people who think that Kyle is crude but not sexist wrong? One example of .....
» 31/10/2011 8:39:48 PM Rehtub The link that you posted suggests that the baggage handlers are on $30-60 000. Peo.....
» 30/10/2011 7:32:38 AM Does anyone know how much people like the baggage handlers get paid?.....
» 12/10/2011 8:14:53 AM Philo Insecure is the last word that I would use to describe strippers. They have egos li.....
» 10/10/2011 4:57:56 PM James Thank-you for the links. I loved the story about the Coolidge effect in the second .....
» 8/10/2011 5:05:37 PM Hollie "How productive is a Hug from a mum" These things seem to be measured i.....
» 5/10/2011 4:27:46 PM Anti Very interesting. 1) Has construction fallen below long-term averages or has it mere.....
» 4/10/2011 7:51:07 PM Suze I agree that Abbott seems to have problems with abortion and stem-sell research and .....
» 3/10/2011 3:44:30 PM Arjay is making the most sense here (although Anti's one-liner was nice work). Suze needs .....
» 3/10/2011 3:26:02 PM In 2011, it is difficult to imagine the socialisation that might lead to people stoically .....
» 3/10/2011 2:40:02 PM Even thorough research will-not always uncover all evidence. Journalists will play it safe.....
» 1/10/2011 7:11:31 AM Hasbeen I am confident that divorce rates amongst both gays and lesbians will be signific.....
» 23/09/2011 4:08:03 PM Aristo When people started looking at rape from a feminist perspective, they read the acc.....
» 2/07/2011 2:02:29 PM Suze Thank-you for including the word "proven" in your last post. No-one is dis.....
» 30/06/2011 6:17:19 PM 1) The incident at the West Gate Bridge sounds like the Darcy Freeman case. The facts are .....
» 29/06/2011 7:08:14 PM It is unclear whether voluntary voting would bring nore lenient treatment of boat arrivals.....
» 12/06/2011 8:53:28 PM Yes Pelican, many men lie during family court proceedings. Please feel free to shout about.....
» 10/06/2011 8:15:16 PM As Michael mentioned, there probably is more evidence that men are responsible for more DV.....
» 5/06/2011 7:15:56 AM Childcare centres are private businesses, run by people who are as interested in minimisin.....
» 5/06/2011 6:58:35 AM This sounds like it was written by Fractelle. Anyone who disagreed with her and said anyth.....
» 15/05/2011 2:08:55 PM Shadow While it would be better if he didn't disrupt so many people, he shouldn't have to.....
» 14/05/2011 2:19:46 PM Rehtub I learned enough by the end of primary school to do some of the jobs that I have d.....
» 2/05/2011 10:48:52 AM The easiest explanation for the targeting of sex-workers is that they are soft targets. No.....
» 21/04/2011 3:19:37 PM My concern is with the promotion of persistence. Sometimes, changing is way harder than ba.....
» 19/04/2011 4:40:28 PM An interesting topic to discuss, spoiled by point-scoring......
» 11/04/2011 7:29:36 AM The author spent most of the article denying that abortion can be traumatic. She only adde.....
» 8/04/2011 9:29:52 AM Very good. Would it be possible for apprentices to get further through their training (and.....
» 31/03/2011 10:17:05 AM At a federal level, when the ALP fights elections on class issues like IR, they win. When .....
» 24/03/2011 3:35:16 PM Houllie A question is whether these blokes would still be the same tossers if they didn't.....
» 14/03/2011 9:16:29 PM Jocelynne Who says that the sex with the footballers (as opposed to Ricky Nixon) was expl.....
» 12/03/2011 7:10:31 PM Cherful You are one nasty piece of work. No-one claimed that it was ok to take naked pho.....
» 11/03/2011 6:49:44 PM Houllie Many teenaged girls (and ex teenaged girls) report that their brothers had more f.....
» 10/03/2011 4:30:55 PM Pelican (I'm not picking on you, I just don't bother trying to have a serious discussion w.....
» 10/03/2011 10:00:39 AM It never ceases to amaze me what some people genuinely seem to believe. Questions like &q.....
» 9/03/2011 12:56:58 PM Pelican As your drink spiking anecdote illustrated, alcohol is the most commonly used dru.....
» 7/03/2011 1:36:11 PM Pelican It is nice that you can draw a distinction between discussing forseeable risks an.....
» 6/03/2011 2:44:13 PM Pelican and Suze I would suggest that "she asked for it" or "deserves to b.....
» 4/03/2011 1:19:14 PM Pelican When you discussed cleavage, it seemed reasonable to assume that you were comment.....
» 4/03/2011 11:25:24 AM Pelican You are displaying some of the malicious misinterpretation that is far too typica.....
» 4/03/2011 9:19:38 AM You can tell alot about a person by seeing how they are when they are drunk. McFadden has .....
» 24/02/2011 9:59:11 PM Arjay "it costs $80 million to kill one Taliban" Interesting...where did you g.....
» 23/02/2011 5:10:56 PM Put the class nerd from every school in Australia all together, in the one place and you h.....
» 21/02/2011 6:47:08 AM Those of us who are sceptical about asylum seekers are motivated as much by compassion for.....
» 16/02/2011 4:20:34 PM Growcom 352 261 cartons of bananas were shipped out of North Queensland last week. See ht.....
» 16/02/2011 10:04:39 AM Saul may have a point when it comes to other crops, but he simply doesn't understand banan.....
» 15/02/2011 11:03:19 AM All that happened is that many people expressed opinions on public housing that the author.....
» 15/02/2011 8:14:24 AM How much do some people need to know about Shane, before they stop describing his hook-ups.....
» 12/02/2011 10:01:48 PM AGIR What is wrong with Rose's ex boyfriend? Doesn't he have a right to move on? I hope t.....
» 11/02/2011 11:31:58 AM It is ridiculous to suggest that any woman in hooker wear has lost the right to decide who.....
» 10/02/2011 4:24:40 PM Nina We used to think that rape was about power to men. It seems from your post that some.....
» 10/02/2011 12:01:07 PM The problem here is the pressure on people not to be seen to be blaming the victim, which .....
» 3/02/2011 9:03:49 AM 1) Ban leaf-blowers. Use a broom. 2) Shut down Facebook one random day every month. It wo.....
» 1/02/2011 9:10:05 AM Now that I have found time to see the video(thanks for the link Robert), Kanye should be a.....
» 31/01/2011 8:32:56 AM Why is it ok for feminists to tell men to be a real man and protect women? Are they fragil.....
» 28/01/2011 6:48:43 AM Suze I am sorry, you didn't actually say that some men here actually bash their wives, ju.....
» 27/01/2011 10:15:04 AM Suze Smart men never call the police when a woman is attacking them. They know that they .....
» 25/01/2011 6:20:03 AM It is a shame that Campbell Newman will-not enter state politics......
» 17/01/2011 11:22:58 AM I am sure that there is some sort of middle ground between the "couldn't care less&qu.....
» 13/01/2011 8:18:32 AM So Suze wouldn't be too angry if someone posted naked pictures of her on Facebook? Person.....
» 12/01/2011 8:56:36 PM Liz If you won't accept all of the research and anecdotal evidence, there is nothing more.....
» 12/01/2011 8:23:56 AM I find her need for revenge interesting and it is a shame that this aspect wasn't explored.....
» 11/01/2011 1:22:12 PM The armed services seem to draw most of their recruits from class nerds from schools all o.....
» 10/01/2011 4:41:56 PM Suze What was gained by taking swipes at gun owners? One of the key issues that created t.....
» 5/01/2011 9:21:22 PM Peter "Imagine how much better the results would be if parents were free to choose t.....
» 5/01/2011 9:09:49 PM Liz Why is it so important for you to "prove" that men are worse than women? Th.....
» 5/01/2011 10:05:22 AM I doubt even wikileaks would publish a photo of someone naked. If it happened to any of us.....
» 5/01/2011 7:58:14 AM Anti Who are the people who lobby politicians on behalf of non-custodial paents? Are ther.....
» 4/01/2011 4:02:05 PM Cornflower 1) I see the allegation more as a case of her giving consent, conditional upon.....
» 4/01/2011 3:56:39 PM Happy Why don't you believe that child support payments ae excessive? Are mothers victim.....
» 4/01/2011 7:56:05 AM Unique Why is it dirty for father's groups to complain about money? A range of political .....
» 4/01/2011 7:44:47 AM C'mon Yabby. She asked him to wear a condom and it was reasonable of her to assume that he.....
» 2/01/2011 4:36:28 PM Jewely Just because people accuse others of crimes out of malice doesn't necessarily mean.....
» 22/12/2010 2:54:26 PM As I understand the issue, the woman involved consented to have sex, conditional upon a co.....
» 19/12/2010 8:15:25 PM Liz I believe you when you say that you dislike violence. The big question is whether or .....
» 17/12/2010 6:59:26 AM Liz "I'm sorry for anyone who experiences violence, regardless of what sex they are .....
» 16/12/2010 2:56:46 PM Jewely Girls have been advantaged by changes in assessment. Boys tend to like multiple ch.....
» 16/12/2010 8:33:26 AM Anti How could you possibly hold it against Jewely that she was a foster carer? Caring fo.....
» 15/12/2010 12:45:56 PM Cotter Can you imagine a male perspective as extreme as yours being given equal time in a.....
» 14/12/2010 7:22:01 PM Liz Why is it so important to for us to decide that men are worse than women? Are you see.....
» 10/12/2010 4:13:52 PM Her style of posting suggests to me that Liz was pretty vicious to her ex (who may well be.....
» 9/12/2010 9:10:15 PM Chaz Changes to road rules are based on evidence, not whatever you call your rants. Kids .....
» 9/12/2010 3:52:27 PM "Happy" Repeating something doesn't make it any more true. Much of what we hea.....
» 9/12/2010 12:24:19 PM Liz It isn't enough for us to express sorrow about what you say happened to you. It isn't.....
» 9/12/2010 8:11:12 AM Liz I am genuinely sorry to hear of your experience. I believe you when you say that you .....
» 8/12/2010 9:46:10 PM Shivers "He gave permission when he had sex with the mother." So as soon as an.....
» 8/12/2010 9:23:28 PM Chaz The safety of children is presently treated as being of paramount importance. The 20.....
» 8/12/2010 3:47:59 PM We are all distressed when we hear about children dying, but assuming that their deaths ar.....
» 8/12/2010 7:35:22 AM The major line of argument that I have consistently pushed is that our society needs to ge.....
» 7/12/2010 4:36:19 PM Liz So are you saying that you will admit that you are wrong when someone puts up researc.....
» 7/12/2010 9:34:57 AM The commonly understood narrative is that false allegations are a commonly misused tool in.....
» 6/12/2010 9:46:28 PM Liz It is quite possible that your story is entirely accurate and you would have all my s.....
» 6/12/2010 9:08:50 PM Well done Robert. Jewely had almost changed my mind until your last post......
» 6/12/2010 9:45:20 AM Liz "If people think it's OK for a bloke who's at least 30 cms taller, over 30 klgs .....
» 6/12/2010 9:27:12 AM Wanting to decide debates by allowing that side with the majority of public opinion to get.....
» 5/12/2010 4:04:04 PM The workers aren't necessarily against gay marriage, but are a bit over people like the AL.....
» 5/12/2010 3:51:44 PM Jewely No, the author didn't directly say that fathers were a threat to kids. Instead, th.....
» 5/12/2010 11:36:19 AM Pelican I don't know about other blokes, but my main concern is that family court proceed.....
» 3/12/2010 6:00:25 PM Cold North Wind Name one case where allegations of abuse were initially ignored, only to .....
» 3/12/2010 2:16:31 PM Coldnorthwind It is easy to express sadness at the murder of a child, such as Darcey Free.....
» 2/12/2010 8:28:46 PM Suze I find it interesting how these people can imply things without saying them. The art.....
» 1/12/2010 6:13:00 PM Liz Of course you don't notice controlling behavior from men. The behaviour that gets men.....
» 28/11/2010 9:37:24 PM Suze The evidence suggests that the vast majority of DV is over-heated arguments, where b.....
» 27/11/2010 2:43:24 PM "Maybe at least SOME of you might stop and think about why you want to make excuses f.....
» 26/11/2010 3:34:07 PM Huggins Lets keep this a discussion about a problem and it's solutions, rather than an ex.....
» 25/11/2010 4:39:45 PM Whiteribbon Your post said, in short, that most violence is by men, aimed at other men. T.....
» 25/11/2010 11:10:46 AM I aren't interested in determining the exact proportion of DV aimed at men or women. That .....
» 24/11/2010 6:53:06 PM I would love to see the advertising people rework the existing ad by adding a stupid fake .....
» 24/11/2010 7:47:00 AM I thank Helen for showing the whole advertisement. Other articles have only shown the pict.....
» 23/11/2010 5:02:40 PM AGIR It is my turn to be a prophet. You earn more than the Kenworth workers, but there is.....
» 23/11/2010 10:07:39 AM Whatever happened to tomboys? You just don't see them any more......
» 22/11/2010 11:18:16 AM Pelican I believe that claims of DV or child abuse are routinely made up or exaggerated f.....
» 22/11/2010 8:24:42 AM Robert It's only a matter of time before someone expands the definition of fatal to produ.....
» 22/11/2010 8:01:52 AM Perhaps educated women are more likely to divorce, because they are more likely to marry......
» 20/11/2010 9:32:26 AM TPP Your story may well be true, although it doesn't disprove that there have been other .....
» 19/11/2010 8:33:02 AM Chaz The father's rights groups did nothing to put kids in danger. They only prevented ob.....
» 18/11/2010 8:51:30 PM Chaz If a bloke abducts his kids and later claims that he was doing it for their protecti.....
» 18/11/2010 4:58:40 PM Pelican Like you, I acknowledge that issues of proof are more complicated than some peopl.....
» 18/11/2010 7:34:52 AM Perhaps the two major lines of argument here aren't mutually exclusive. It is possible tha.....
» 17/11/2010 9:40:40 PM TPP I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, I am genuinely interested in finding soluti.....
» 17/11/2010 11:29:22 AM Tired If this issue really is about the safety of the child, you wouldn't mind changes to.....
» 17/11/2010 7:27:58 AM "The Bill broadens the definition of "family violence" in tune with communi.....
» 16/11/2010 4:27:13 PM Cotter While we are at it, let's define "control". At the moment, he is describ.....
» 15/11/2010 9:27:32 PM Pelican The problem isn't false allegations, so much as allegations that are made after t.....
» 14/11/2010 5:21:11 PM Vanna Lets not go too far over the top. Companies will still employ women, just not Ms Fr.....
» 14/11/2010 10:18:32 AM Lexi If the law is all that matters, why does Dr Flood want other men to criticise the ac.....
» 13/11/2010 5:17:35 PM Lexi "However sexual harassment occurs when one employee makes continued, unwelcome .....
» 12/11/2010 9:27:00 PM Lexi All that I took from your cop-out of an answer is that you cannot distinguish betwee.....
» 12/11/2010 1:25:26 PM Lexi Show a bit of backbone. Clearly explain how people other than the "victim".....
» 12/11/2010 11:18:28 AM "Speaking up" will achieve little. These blokes typically have very thick skins......
» 12/11/2010 10:28:09 AM Briar Rose People from a variety of viewpoints can be quite intolerant of other opinions......
» 11/11/2010 6:15:32 PM Lexi Yes, some blokes have a sex drive and see some women as potential partners. Him want.....
» 11/11/2010 10:50:46 AM In clear cases of sexual harassment, I agree with Pelican that everyone should speak up. H.....
» 10/11/2010 1:44:06 PM Ah CJ, aren't you just the Alf Stewart of OLO......
» 10/11/2010 11:35:22 AM I would bet anything that the behaviour that Suze's husband used to get together with her .....
» 9/11/2010 4:25:55 PM I love socratese's argument. At the moment, some people like to claim that the boat people.....
» 8/11/2010 4:34:39 PM I wonder if being vindictive towards one's ex is an Indonesian cultural practice. I'm sure.....
» 8/11/2010 7:18:05 AM Whistler You are correct, when you say that in most cases, parents work things out for th.....
» 4/11/2010 12:00:41 PM "Gardening" is why many of the criminals are there. Society needs alot a faith .....
» 2/11/2010 1:36:36 PM Whistler If every recently divorced person who had a negative view of the other gender lo.....
» 1/11/2010 9:50:06 PM This "first people" is a bit dodgy too, given the trihybrid theory, which sugges.....
» 1/11/2010 1:00:24 PM whistler If I was a judge and saw your nutty ravings, I would take your kids off you too......
» 1/11/2010 10:27:12 AM Anti and Hollie have both mentioned that old conventions about marriage were unfair on bot.....
» 30/10/2010 8:44:59 PM Pelican You cannot crap on on any OLO thread about how men who sleep around are studs/ sh.....
» 29/10/2010 6:57:18 AM Of course unequal pay for equal work was disgusting. However it reflected the social press.....
» 28/10/2010 7:14:02 PM Economists can model anything to predict the effect of any change. I'd like to know the ef.....
» 26/10/2010 2:52:15 PM Jefferson The reasons why most men look after their own children go well beyond laws and .....
» 26/10/2010 7:35:21 AM Grim Most of us have respect for a group of people with a genuine interest in making the .....
» 17/10/2010 12:13:36 PM I suspect that many of these pregnant women aren't terribly happy about the idea of an abo.....
» 15/10/2010 3:46:54 PM Pelican While you might still choose to believe that men get "a hearty good on you m.....
» 15/10/2010 3:35:41 PM There is a difference between expressing an opinion and forcing one's opinions onto others.....
» 15/10/2010 7:01:06 AM Suze "We women only really dislike all those men who dislike women." That soun.....
» 14/10/2010 9:27:58 PM 579 You aren't making it easy for the rest of us to argue that we are criticised unfairly.....
» 14/10/2010 7:59:00 AM James' story about the schoolboys was horrifying. The boys were expelled when they did abs.....
» 13/10/2010 11:25:44 AM This conversation is worthwhile, given the outpourings of hatred that have accompanied dis.....
» 11/10/2010 3:52:21 PM If only all of these grubs created photographic evidence for the police to use........
» 11/10/2010 9:10:37 AM "Once a man gets aroused he will atack a knot hole in a fence post." Speak for .....
» 9/10/2010 2:17:16 PM Comments about her don't imply anything about him. Defending her is still talking about h.....
» 8/10/2010 11:14:37 AM "Strays" isn't an offensive term. I think that people who would choose to get of.....
» 7/10/2010 11:40:14 AM Dr West is seeing things as either/or and he doesn't need to. Being a footy player and a g.....
» 7/10/2010 7:45:52 AM Of course police need tasers. Sometimes words needs to be backed up. However the tasers .....
» 5/10/2010 10:16:20 AM I agree with Pelican that the Calvin Klein advertisment was too sexual to be in a public a.....
» 4/10/2010 9:02:39 AM Cornflower The point that was being made is that most of these blokes didn't set out with.....
» 1/10/2010 9:11:55 AM I understand the point of the article, that many rapists were previously seen as upstandin.....
» 28/09/2010 2:19:41 PM Houllie No-one is going to get into legal trouble after one approach. However, sexual har.....
» 28/09/2010 10:50:44 AM I cannot see what is confusing about my position. There are rules regulating the behaviour.....
» 27/09/2010 7:32:19 AM Transki All of the stories that I see on television or in newspapers about Aborigines see.....
» 27/09/2010 3:54:01 AM Amicus "These articles about the haves and have-nots bring out all the poisonous env.....
» 27/09/2010 3:18:47 AM Suze "Are you talking about men and women attracting each other in the wider communi.....
» 25/09/2010 10:27:03 PM What I am complaining about is the way that some women choose to say things like "saf.....
» 25/09/2010 9:11:02 PM Pelican Why would any of these companies want to change anything? Women are told that th.....
» 24/09/2010 10:15:12 PM Transki "Now, in the workplace, if a worker wants to get sexual with another worker,.....
» 23/09/2010 9:53:00 PM Severin What to one person seems confident can to another seem arrogant. Perhaps the most.....
» 23/09/2010 4:03:51 PM 99% of women think they could be better looking. 99% are right and thinking perfectly rati.....
» 23/09/2010 3:57:38 PM Pelican I don't pretend that one advance is likely to get someone in trouble with the law.....
» 23/09/2010 3:40:22 PM I just love the way that journalists from Sydney will happily go to some of the most remot.....
» 23/09/2010 8:25:16 AM Anti Biology tells me that it would be fun to have sex with every hot young thing that I .....
» 22/09/2010 9:27:46 PM Transki If defining sexual harassment is so easy, you have a crack. Foxy and Pelican fail.....
» 22/09/2010 4:18:09 PM No one wins from these gender wars. It is necessary to understand the context that these d.....
» 22/09/2010 4:03:02 PM Anti If you want women to acknowledge that some current expectations are unreasonable on .....
» 22/09/2010 8:04:47 AM Abuse victims "Afterward is kind of too late wouldn't you say?" Nope. Maybe he .....
» 22/09/2010 7:36:40 AM We are unique "I do not mix business with pleasure in any situation. That has been m.....
» 21/09/2010 10:26:40 PM floatinglili Maybe some men don't put in enough of an effort with their kids before the b.....
» 21/09/2010 10:17:03 PM Houllie I'm not sure that working with women who display a bit too much cleavage puts you.....
» 21/09/2010 12:44:12 PM Foxy Thank-you for having the courage to articulate the difference between acceptable and.....
» 20/09/2010 10:32:22 PM Foxy "Surveys have found the reverse to be true. Almost unanimously people declare t.....
» 20/09/2010 10:18:49 AM I believe that we could easily halve the number of false allegations, if we reduced the am.....
» 19/09/2010 6:49:59 PM Who is Ken?.....
» 17/09/2010 5:16:03 PM Houllie Severin has just given us all a licence to defend any hate-filled rant against wo.....
» 14/09/2010 9:28:59 AM Johnny30 All that us blokes have ever said is that the pay gap issue is more complex than.....
» 13/09/2010 8:11:16 AM Johnny The distrustful attitude that Melinda and others have towards male sexuality is a .....
» 10/09/2010 3:50:52 PM James Constant claims of sexism reminds me more of the way that accusations of racism use.....
» 10/09/2010 12:02:34 PM Houllie Some of us have broken into that glass nursery. I think that I remember you ment.....
» 10/09/2010 11:55:01 AM Nelle Maybe the advertising is appealing to women's sense of humor. It appealed to mine. .....
» 9/09/2010 8:02:49 AM TZ52HX So any effort to discuss any issue that affects men is evidence of paranoia and an.....
» 8/09/2010 9:58:24 PM All attempts to address the subject ended quite a while ago. This spiteful sniping is unhe.....
» 7/09/2010 7:33:55 AM Whatever the faults of the most commonly used statistics, I suggest that comparing average.....
» 4/09/2010 11:55:17 AM Go to any town or suburb in Australia and the locals will point out some local bloke who &.....
» 2/09/2010 3:53:00 PM Those people who think Anti is being hyper-sensitive are focussing on the isolated inciden.....
» 1/09/2010 8:14:15 AM I guess that there are a large number of fathers who cut back on working overtime, because.....
» 29/08/2010 9:45:41 PM If we ban the burka because women are pressured to wear it, we need to make a whole raft o.....
» 29/08/2010 7:40:05 PM Benq I couldn't find any direct mentions of gender either. They did, however mention that.....
» 28/08/2010 3:00:58 PM Anti From what you are saying, they can take a percentage of what you theoretically could.....
» 27/08/2010 7:11:18 AM Anyone who lies to substantially increase the amount of child support they receive or to s.....
» 22/08/2010 10:25:37 PM I hope this is the end of small target politics. The campaign never got going, because nei.....
» 19/08/2010 3:47:36 PM Ozandy I'd suggest that people who cannot handle criticism have the runaway egos. Those w.....
» 19/08/2010 12:30:52 PM What a convenient model of feminism for women to follow. They can do whatever they want (e.....
» 18/08/2010 1:27:21 PM Houllie Julia needs to find some hideous polka-dotted two piece. When people actually com.....
» 11/08/2010 10:32:42 AM Houllie Perhaps you could respond to all criticism from Fractelle with "you only dis.....
» 11/08/2010 7:46:06 AM Unique When is Houllie not being cynical? Houllie Fantastic job you are doing of hiding.....
» 10/08/2010 4:45:31 PM Michelle Your writing is perfectly clear. You might be too hard on yourself......
» 10/08/2010 4:42:40 PM Floatinglili Why did you assume that he wanted a permanent relationship? This is a seriou.....
» 10/08/2010 8:10:12 AM Given that attitudes towards shacking-up have changed, we need to consider whether governm.....
» 10/08/2010 8:00:00 AM It's easy to say that forestry should have been doing more burning off in the lead up to B.....
» 9/08/2010 9:52:48 PM Michelle My point is that receiving criticism is a part of life and stopping it is outsid.....
» 9/08/2010 4:26:35 PM Channel nine are getting flogged by channel seven and are desperate. Anything for a headli.....
» 9/08/2010 4:25:05 PM Michelle You sound shocked that anyone could possibly criticise you. Criticism is a part .....
» 8/08/2010 5:03:12 PM A key reason why the drop out rate is so high amongst apprentices is that apprenticeships .....
» 7/08/2010 9:44:19 PM Yabby, apprenticeships are currently awarded to those who have the good fortune to have a .....
» 7/08/2010 8:43:53 AM Foxydude I cannot believe that Foxy married you. We are unique The latest ABS data (the.....
» 6/08/2010 9:45:34 PM "Third, placing interpersonal skills, listening skills and accuracy in work - at whic.....
» 5/08/2010 4:07:43 PM Well said Severin. Regular contributors are the last group of people who could be objectiv.....
» 2/08/2010 4:46:11 PM While we are on the business of distinguishing the facts from the speculation, no-one real.....
» 2/08/2010 8:05:28 AM Severin There was a thread about John Della-Bosca. There was alot more news coverage of a.....
» 31/07/2010 8:13:31 PM I'm sure that some of the OLO community have been hurt by infidelity and had a bit to say .....
» 23/07/2010 9:05:05 PM I'm paraphrasing someone else here and cannot give them due credit, because I forget who i.....
» 22/07/2010 8:30:49 AM There's alot of hugging going on around here. It's like being around a bunch of eight year.....
» 19/07/2010 8:26:51 AM Of course gay marriage won't work- there's no woman to oppress. With no women in the house.....
» 13/07/2010 9:34:37 PM "Who is this Ringo Character?" The narrator on Thomas the Tank Engine......
» 10/07/2010 11:04:44 PM Pynchme The dominant influence on the way that rape is discussed in our society is the ta.....
» 8/07/2010 7:01:43 PM Severin "There is a world of difference between confidence and arrogance." So .....
» 7/07/2010 9:45:28 PM Severin I despise arrogance in both genders. I don't label it as confidence when it is ex.....
» 7/07/2010 10:20:19 AM She had me agreeing until she wrote "Perhaps the ultimate sin for women is to show co.....
» 5/07/2010 9:18:55 PM "The whole aim of beauty advertising is to make women feel bad about themselves, inad.....
» 30/06/2010 7:47:20 AM This stifing of dissent on both parties is the natural product of a media who carefully sc.....
» 30/06/2010 7:30:37 AM CJ Did you put ladies in quotation marks for a reason? Suze There are alot of Mark McIn.....
» 29/06/2010 4:39:14 PM Pynchme “What evidence do you have that people do use those terms to describe the same be.....
» 28/06/2010 4:53:04 PM “How does anything this young woman has done, ever, negate HIS refusal to accept "No......
» 27/06/2010 10:53:23 PM Severin Let me explain it simply. There is a problem with some men who sexually harass wo.....
» 27/06/2010 10:27:22 AM Pynchme “How about a revolutionary idea where men take no for an answer.” I agree totall.....
» 27/06/2010 10:25:36 AM CJ I don’t pretend to know Ms Fraser-Kirk and suspect that you don’t either. I never made.....
» 26/06/2010 6:11:39 PM Severin If you cannot disagree with what I actually write, you are allowed to say nothing.....
» 26/06/2010 9:01:06 AM Ms Fraser-Kirk has all of my sympathy if, and only if, she has never rewarded this type of.....
» 22/06/2010 6:38:46 PM Pelican Most divorces are initiated by wives and the most plausible theory I have heard a.....
» 19/06/2010 9:13:32 PM Robert If only the rest of the OLO community could respond to personal attacks as calmly .....
» 17/06/2010 1:00:54 PM "A pregnant friend of mine was recently reprimanded by a male colleague when she orde.....
» 17/06/2010 8:03:58 AM Pelican "Just look around you at the women you know. Are they all man-haters? Are al.....
» 16/06/2010 9:49:43 AM 1) "Skin colour might be a joke to some of us white folks." Most, but not all. &.....
» 16/06/2010 8:05:39 AM Rehctub "True league fans love a bit of 'rough stuff'" ...when teams that they .....
» 15/06/2010 7:37:17 PM " Certain areas are not and cannot be used for sledging" Why assume that racial.....
» 15/06/2010 1:42:40 PM CJ I have many female friends. I don't have sex with every woman who I talk to......
» 15/06/2010 1:16:19 PM "There is no evidence, either in the article or in your comments, that "this bus.....
» 15/06/2010 8:07:01 AM Severin I have no problem with you just for making criticisms of others. I simply wish to.....
» 15/06/2010 8:05:03 AM CJ “I've already demonstrated that there is nothing "feminist" about Coc de Mer.....
» 14/06/2010 10:18:30 AM Suze It’s all about control with you isn’t it? You were losing the debate and felt a loss.....
» 12/06/2010 10:09:27 PM CJ’s claim that this business’ website doesn’t actually use the word “feminist” may well b.....
» 11/06/2010 9:30:41 PM Robert While I understand that you prefer to think the best of people, Severin's nasty li.....
» 10/06/2010 9:10:32 PM Suze " I have seen many, many unattractive men (unattractive to me anyway!) with wom.....
» 9/06/2010 6:13:40 PM Severin One of the criticisms of raunch culture is that one stifling conformity has repla.....
» 9/06/2010 2:09:26 PM Pelican "we are all adults here and we all know what appropriate behaviour is for th.....
» 9/06/2010 1:54:42 PM CJ Its hard to call yourself a supporter of a movement that you don't seem to understand......
» 9/06/2010 10:57:16 AM Yuyutsu Presumably taking money for nothing is also beneath your dignity......
» 8/06/2010 10:12:35 PM Robert We all understand that different people have different ideas. However, occasionall.....
» 8/06/2010 11:49:51 AM Lisbeth The main people who troll on the internet, are those who dismiss the opinions of .....
» 7/06/2010 8:57:57 AM If women want to stop this type of sexual harassment, there is only one course of action. .....
» 1/06/2010 3:21:14 PM I cannot see how "flying dwarfs any other individual activity in terms of carbon emis.....
» 29/05/2010 9:11:28 PM If the rate of child support was reduced, we could be more certain that parents wanted the.....
» 28/05/2010 11:08:21 AM LBGT Australians have a well founded fear of persecution too but wouldn't be able to go to.....
» 27/05/2010 10:04:26 AM Muslim women in burkas are victims of oppression. Muslim women who win pole dancing compet.....
» 26/05/2010 1:00:56 PM Politicians nowdays are expected to have an opinion on everything and it should surprise n.....
» 24/05/2010 8:56:40 PM Whistler will still be arguing for a seperate men's and women's legislature......
» 24/05/2010 8:47:14 PM Foxy Starting a statement with "my husband and I" makes you sound like the quee.....
» 21/05/2010 9:21:48 AM Houllie I would prefer that teenagers didn't conform so much to peer pressure. The only e.....
» 21/05/2010 7:25:40 AM Houllie "What model do you propose?" Any sexuality that suits the person witho.....
» 20/05/2010 4:08:45 PM Severin I thought that Melinda was spot-on. There are many ways of conducting one's sex-l.....
» 18/05/2010 7:25:01 AM "Pauline Hanson is deeply imbued with bitterness for her own failure in politics".....
» 17/05/2010 1:24:55 PM I don't care what people call their children, as long as they don't invent the spelling......
» 17/05/2010 1:14:48 PM So graduates of any other degree are better at teaching than most people with an education.....
» 16/05/2010 1:10:05 PM Severin "It is only the anachronistic whose rigid world view is threatened by expres.....
» 16/05/2010 1:07:17 PM Hasbeen "Anyone else, enforcing their will on these people is just being selfish.&qu.....
» 15/05/2010 8:47:40 PM She initially made it is far as the Gold Coast, before she made a basic error and hit a fr.....
» 13/05/2010 10:35:04 AM Houllie "Oh man Nina, I was waiting for the bit about misogynist boy club conspiracy.....
» 11/05/2010 4:14:08 PM "I have also found that a double standard is often encountered as I haven't yet spoke.....
» 9/05/2010 9:40:14 AM Masculinity is a fine idea to discuss, but there were a few problems with the article; Th.....
» 7/05/2010 7:24:23 AM I agree with Robert that most of the criticisms of smacking also apply to the alternatives.....
» 30/04/2010 3:44:08 PM Teaching to the test isn't a strong argument. It's just another of those "welcome to .....
» 29/04/2010 9:12:15 PM Pynchme Please don't let our history cloud your interpretation of my views. I would never.....
» 27/04/2010 4:27:03 PM C'mon guys. The laws were never about the guns. It was always about who owned the guns. It.....
» 27/04/2010 4:13:38 PM Never forget that Latham initially looked unbeatable, due to his embrace of class politics.....
» 27/04/2010 7:56:56 AM Pynchme Your exact words were "One is that many men cannot grasp what it's like for .....
» 26/04/2010 1:14:52 PM "But given the amount of screwing around that goes on amongst married people, we can .....
» 26/04/2010 1:09:12 PM RStuart "You've lost me. Do those words reflect what you were actually thinking?&quo.....
» 26/04/2010 10:50:57 AM RStuart I admire your desire to think for yourself, but as CJ mentioned, you will need to.....
» 24/04/2010 6:06:45 PM Pelican "I suspect if Amanda Vanstone had done a photoshoot there would not have bee.....
» 23/04/2010 7:44:08 AM Richie The Barrineans/Negritos probably came from Africa. The first Aborigines came much .....
» 22/04/2010 4:07:28 PM Houllie "Our body survey found a huge majority of us are unhappy with our bodies&quo.....
» 22/04/2010 1:12:08 PM rstuart I would like to listen to your unpopular views with an open mind, but Im finding .....
» 22/04/2010 1:03:12 PM Houllie The problem isn't the way that she dressed. The issue is that she pretended that .....
» 22/04/2010 7:49:47 AM I don't believe that monogamy is natural, because there is part of our brain that might be.....
» 22/04/2010 7:37:35 AM Robert Yes, we do need to see some detail. Perhaps it might be better to offer travel vou.....
» 21/04/2010 11:52:25 AM Cornflower We all tend to focus on different parts of other people's posts, because of ou.....
» 21/04/2010 8:13:16 AM "Activism requires working with people you don't share same worldviews with - and chr.....
» 19/04/2010 9:00:55 PM Jocelynne Fantastic. You actually get it......
» 19/04/2010 4:29:49 PM "How many more 'discussions' does the Australian public need to have?" We need .....
» 19/04/2010 7:52:03 AM Grim Your exact words were; "A few months back, a skipper of an American warship mad.....
» 17/04/2010 8:39:01 PM I don't really know how hard politicians or their staffers work. I just know that anyone w.....
» 17/04/2010 8:33:50 PM Suze Once again, you fail to understand a simple argument. I'm guessing that you would n.....
» 17/04/2010 9:46:10 AM Grim "A few months back, a skipper of an American warship made some scathing remarks.....
» 15/04/2010 10:32:21 PM "Ellis said her reason for modelling for Grazia was to “spark a debate on body image”.....
» 14/04/2010 9:58:26 PM Getting back to the topic... When we were younger, I often used to go out drinking with m.....
» 13/04/2010 10:49:27 AM Suze "I rest my case" Having proved nothing. It is hard to counter arguments th.....
» 12/04/2010 10:39:42 PM Robert I understand that Farrell has produced some quite worthwhile research and writing .....
» 11/04/2010 10:20:44 PM CJ “You imply that assertive and articulate women like Severin, Pynchme and suzeonline &q.....
» 10/04/2010 3:00:08 PM CJ and Severin I will attempt to explain my position again. I have no idea why I bother, .....
» 10/04/2010 8:05:47 AM Severin Don't listen to Suze, your last post was deeply disturbing. It appears that any .....
» 9/04/2010 10:35:07 AM "Aren't most feminists Third Wave? The days of the radical man-haters are long gone.&.....
» 31/03/2010 6:28:26 PM One solution might be to have more suburban pubs with the longer hours. This will spread t.....
» 31/03/2010 3:57:32 PM Can we now expect an epidemic of redheads weaving through traffic as they drive while talk.....
» 31/03/2010 1:40:08 PM GY Thank-you Pynchme I read the report that you found and it is unclear if it describes.....
» 31/03/2010 12:45:31 PM Proxy Gender can also be changed and Michael Jackson may have attempted to change his rac.....
» 30/03/2010 3:50:35 PM Pynchme Whenever you are feeling down, at least you can take solace in the thought that a.....
» 30/03/2010 3:47:35 PM Pynchme Sorry, I cannot find where I got the alcoholic bit from either. The best that I c.....
» 29/03/2010 10:38:39 AM Anti It isn't wowserism to view the father's collection of porn as highly innappropriate......
» 29/03/2010 7:19:49 AM Chaz In Victorian times, fathers could have walked away from their kids and little would .....
» 29/03/2010 7:14:33 AM Pelican "Commercially raunch is in - it is big money - but socially we still see cri.....
» 29/03/2010 6:37:32 AM Happy "Therefore, in Family Court, where it is more likely that non-custodial father.....
» 28/03/2010 9:20:11 AM Pynchme All very true, but my comment was just a joke......
» 27/03/2010 9:30:24 PM "The Family Court judge found Bill's ex-wife to be violent, untruthful, lacking moral.....
» 26/03/2010 3:40:19 PM “Father’s rights campaigners also claim that allegations are raised by women in the Family.....
» 26/03/2010 7:56:19 AM Why does Susan take issue with racism yet find utter contempt of Christians acceptable? Ch.....
» 25/03/2010 9:12:35 PM Pynchme "What stops you from selling your body for someone else's use?" I've n.....
» 23/03/2010 3:26:37 PM As this thread is about why certain topics interest people enough to make them post, I hav.....
» 22/03/2010 6:42:21 AM Some people seem to divide the world up into bullies and victims. Given that choice, most .....
» 20/03/2010 12:27:30 PM Pynchme <"Women have always been scapegoated for society's moral behaviour.".....
» 19/03/2010 10:12:22 PM Cameron You just cannot quote the Bringing Them Home report as a credible source of Austr.....
» 19/03/2010 9:59:44 PM This crap stopped being non-conformist a long time ago. It is equally hard to see it as in.....
» 19/03/2010 9:39:44 PM Severin "you can't claim women are sluts without acknowledging that their paramours .....
» 18/03/2010 10:19:41 PM Houllie "So all women are to be called sluts unless they earn the right not to be ca.....
» 18/03/2010 7:36:36 AM Anti “self-confident people are not really vulnerable to the judgements of others less we.....
» 16/03/2010 9:57:29 PM CJ "Yet you seem quite comfortable using the word 'slut'." How else can society.....
» 15/03/2010 9:52:28 PM Sorry, CJ, its probably better if I don't use that sort of language here and I'm not about.....
» 15/03/2010 12:14:44 PM We are unique (if only you were) I'm happy to discuss experiences, as long as the discuss.....
» 15/03/2010 11:56:02 AM In this case, based only on what this journalist has told us, the girls shouldn't have uns.....
» 14/03/2010 9:34:18 PM Yabby, your CEOs as magicians argument isn't working. Like people in any other line of wor.....
» 14/03/2010 9:07:43 PM "Whether or not poor behaviour can be legislated doesn't matter much; it seems to me .....
» 12/03/2010 7:47:22 AM Antiseptic "For young women, their principal stock-in-trade is their capacity to pic.....
» 11/03/2010 9:38:29 PM Yes, the conditions that these women endure are horrific. No, self belief isn't all that i.....
» 11/03/2010 9:25:54 PM Orange Donkey "Perhaps we should be addressing the issue of society's prejudice towa.....
» 9/03/2010 3:19:02 PM Foxy The attitude expressed by your quote is disgusting. "We live in times when wo.....
» 9/03/2010 3:02:04 PM Suze I agree that it isn't in the interests of many children to spend half of their lives.....
» 8/03/2010 3:46:19 PM Suze Look carefully at the article. Biggs implied that there is a problem; that not enoug.....
» 8/03/2010 12:41:37 PM Pelican You disagree with what? That most of our heroes are male. You'll have trouble wi.....
» 8/03/2010 12:25:26 PM Biggs has chosen her words very carefully here. She states that there is a problem and tha.....
» 8/03/2010 7:13:59 AM Despite all of the progress that Australian women have made, most of our heroes are still .....
» 6/03/2010 4:11:26 PM Houllie "But in that picture, with no make up, without any stupid pouting poses, wel.....
» 4/03/2010 1:18:06 PM Anti At the moment, there is one type of bloke that seems to be on top of the pile. Alpha.....
» 3/03/2010 7:28:59 PM Houllie Would having an argument with Pynchme over this issue be petty? I doubt that Pync.....
» 3/03/2010 3:21:24 PM It all comes down to moving with the times. Many members of earlier generations of women m.....
» 3/03/2010 7:46:40 AM So Australia is going to sanction Israel. You lot remind me of Palestinian youths throwing.....
» 3/03/2010 7:34:20 AM Houllie No one is going to take righteous indignation from you seriously. It just isn't y.....
» 2/03/2010 8:00:10 AM Pynchme I once heard a story about a married couple who used to argue about the correct w.....
» 2/03/2010 7:26:38 AM Thanks Pynchme, you explained the thought process that I attempted to describe more articu.....
» 1/03/2010 12:38:31 PM I find myself having to agree with CJ. Hanrahan never really defined this thread as being .....
» 1/03/2010 10:43:56 AM Severin I still maintain that the choice of a cheerleader was deliberate. I was asked for.....
» 1/03/2010 10:09:31 AM Well done Severin. Chopper Read is the only man that I can think of with the "persuas.....
» 28/02/2010 10:01:14 PM Pynchme I read the article, thank-you for valuing my opinion enough to ask me for an opin.....
» 28/02/2010 10:36:11 AM Severin Yes Madam......
» 27/02/2010 10:23:27 PM "I would turn gay for Antiseptic - he's so butch " I know who would be doing al.....
» 27/02/2010 10:20:53 PM Pynchme and Anti This competition about which gender is worse is getting us nowhere. It a.....
» 26/02/2010 9:17:01 PM Houellebecq:"cant imagine her wanting to even think about your testicles, or caring w.....
» 25/02/2010 3:23:37 PM People who find themselves being attacked personally need to have a look at that amount of.....
» 25/02/2010 3:11:55 PM Severin "What I find amusing is that both Benk and Anti are actually agreeing with S.....
» 25/02/2010 8:08:07 AM Houllie Great advice, I get in trouble from Suze for saying more or less the same thing. .....
» 24/02/2010 9:39:12 PM Severin Welcome back, since you have returned, I see that Anti has spent plenty of time t.....
» 24/02/2010 2:15:04 PM Severin (you do sound alot like Fractelle) "Suze, Pynchme (all the women who post on.....
» 23/02/2010 3:38:01 PM "You would like to believe that people who disagree with your POV are "man-hater.....
» 23/02/2010 12:45:35 PM Severin "I am a bad, bad girl to have the temerity to present my point of view AND q.....
» 23/02/2010 7:47:03 AM Anti I admire your knowledge of many subjects, the effort that you put into research and .....
» 22/02/2010 3:36:20 PM "First, our democracy is robust enough to handle genuine divisions on immigration and.....
» 22/02/2010 10:08:06 AM " Rudd Labor to take on the more extreme elements of the trade unions that have subst.....
» 22/02/2010 9:57:54 AM Suze I did-not object to your jokes about men. I took issue with the following comments; .....
» 21/02/2010 9:55:31 PM Suze Men who don't think of others are called selfish. Men are never allowed to forget th.....
» 21/02/2010 1:37:38 PM Whatever its faults, the sports in the winter games look alot more interesting than many i.....
» 21/02/2010 9:11:20 AM Pynchme Yes Cornflower No An obsession with protecting self esteem is the problem. Men.....
» 20/02/2010 9:13:18 PM Chaz We are happy to discuss solutions, but you may not like what we come up with. The si.....
» 20/02/2010 11:31:28 AM CJ "you have to realise that it is perfectly legitimate for men to intimidate women .....
» 19/02/2010 4:22:33 PM “Boys are absolutely being provided with sexualised role models to aspire to, just as much.....
» 19/02/2010 3:49:18 PM Cotter Other than yourself, no-one is arguing that genuine cases of child abuse aren't ge.....
» 17/02/2010 4:09:50 PM Turnrightthenleft "Last time I checked, it was usually a badge of honour, in stark c.....
» 17/02/2010 11:50:23 AM Young women today are sociaised to be very thin skinned. I don't think that encouraging th.....
» 17/02/2010 7:58:49 AM Turnrightthenleft "Would it really be better for women to be unable to choose to hav.....
» 16/02/2010 8:25:55 AM Cornflower "What do young women care about the hatreds and baggage of geriatric femi.....
» 15/02/2010 10:51:49 AM Dr Ellis displays a disturbing inability to understand other people's arguments. Ariel Lev.....
» 12/02/2010 4:39:23 PM Shivers "More consideration needs to be given as to WHY the abusive parent is reques.....
» 12/02/2010 10:29:04 AM Giving people the benefit of any doubt is an important part of being tolerant. If you cann.....
» 11/02/2010 3:33:44 PM It will take alot more than a few brown faces to fix Neighbours. Sexist crap like that is .....
» 10/02/2010 8:37:21 PM Foxy Great idea to kick around but I have a few questions. Will there be a huge wall bet.....
» 8/02/2010 10:03:41 PM It is easy to say that there should be more burn-offs. It is much harder to specify exactl.....
» 8/02/2010 4:52:52 PM Suze I still believe that most (if not all) domestic violence is the result of couples wh.....
» 7/02/2010 12:57:29 PM Suze So you feel that Pynchme and yourself are being bullied. I cannot see why. Antisepti.....
» 6/02/2010 10:30:36 PM I commend the author for having the diligence to check the primary source (its hardly an o.....
» 5/02/2010 1:58:08 PM Pynchme, I know that you didn't ask me, but I really hope that my daughter (when she is ol.....
» 5/02/2010 7:53:04 AM All of the anecdotes that Barbara used just happened to make men look bad, while the reali.....
» 4/02/2010 8:21:58 AM Pynchme I understand that some women might feel afraid when someone is shouting at her (e.....
» 3/02/2010 8:19:02 PM "According to Peter Costello, Abbott once described himself as the "political lo.....
» 2/02/2010 9:53:33 PM Foxy If all people shared your ability to empathise with everyone involved in these issue.....
» 2/02/2010 8:00:28 AM Henyak by "For the record I am no motto husband but 2 thing I have never been is a .....
» 1/02/2010 6:31:45 PM "This generation lives in far more deadly times than back in the 70's when one did no.....
» 1/02/2010 4:55:17 PM Pynchme I will attempt to keep this discussion productive, by focussing on your question .....
» 31/01/2010 10:05:02 PM Pynchme The AVO is often applied for as the couple are breaking up. Many of them are base.....
» 30/01/2010 9:48:19 PM Suze The point that Anti made that you don't get is that a man doesn;t actually have to d.....
» 30/01/2010 9:28:17 PM Because of their dad's comments, the Abbott girls have become a target for every smooth-ta.....
» 27/01/2010 3:29:39 PM Aurum, I believe that there does seem to be a fad of attacking Indians. While there is no.....
» 25/01/2010 6:00:47 AM Nice compliment Suze, so easy to tell people how wonderful they are. However Pynchme, you.....
» 24/01/2010 12:51:31 PM Pynchme “I have never had the experience of trying to tie some bloke down to anything.” Y.....
» 23/01/2010 10:36:20 PM Suze It wasn’t the insults that I took issue with, just your reluctance to deal with idea.....
» 23/01/2010 11:30:51 AM So I’m being accused of lacking respect for women. How disappointingly predictable. Follow.....
» 22/01/2010 9:50:43 PM Cornflower, Wrong again. I aren't treating women like precious little petals, I'm more br.....
» 22/01/2010 4:18:00 PM Police and politicians have figured out that it is easier to bully politicians than to sta.....
» 22/01/2010 8:17:36 AM Cornflower "If you might sometimes come across as patronising to women it is because.....
» 19/01/2010 10:32:27 PM Sorry for any ambiguity. One of the recurring themes of my posts is that much of the way .....
» 19/01/2010 3:49:40 PM Yes Roscop,Sarina could do with playing a few five set matches......
» 19/01/2010 3:40:59 PM Shooting these particular arrows might impress people who share Mr Allan's politics, but t.....
» 19/01/2010 7:58:54 AM This article shows how far we haven't come in gender relations. Fifteen years ago, any per.....
» 17/01/2010 10:06:46 AM The information provided does-not tell us enough to judge her negatively. Therefore, the t.....
» 15/01/2010 9:07:23 PM Who would have thought that playing lots of golf could increase a man's sex appeal so much.....
» 15/01/2010 3:32:08 PM Phil the Hasbeen Congratulations for ensuring that your son has some ability to defend hi.....
» 14/01/2010 4:03:39 PM Anti, The problem seems to be that magistrates want to play it safe, men can suffer any i.....
» 14/01/2010 3:52:35 PM When feminism started, one of their original aims was to undermine paternalism; condescend.....
» 14/01/2010 7:48:55 AM Antiseptic Exactly what are your objections to the legislation and how would you rewrite .....
» 12/01/2010 4:32:11 PM This may be diverting this thread slightly, but a question occurred to me and I suspect th.....
» 12/01/2010 3:31:56 PM Many a true word is said in jest. Take for example, "nothing screams fat jealous bitc.....
» 10/01/2010 11:34:57 PM I share an interest in feminism. I find myself increasing disgusted with the hordes of wom.....
» 7/01/2010 3:39:35 PM Floatinglili "women are generally better mannered about airing their sexual preferen.....
» 7/01/2010 9:48:06 AM Us blokes have been given a huge collection of rules to follow, most of which looked unimp.....
» 7/01/2010 7:19:50 AM "A healthy body image will be adopted when people are allowed to feel safe in their o.....
» 6/01/2010 9:54:20 AM Melinda is right when she says that many of us (from both genders) have imperfect bodies. .....
» 22/12/2009 10:11:49 PM Yes the timing of this strike is inconvenient. No, we don't need to blame the unions. Ther.....
» 22/12/2009 10:04:52 PM Sparkyq Dead right! I feel guilty about leaving my fridge door open and yet my local sup.....
» 19/12/2009 6:03:27 PM Belly and others Most of us on OLO are middle aged (me included) and have moved on from s.....
» 16/12/2009 8:08:16 AM Belly, my point is that there seems to be a question about our priorities. We will rip int.....
» 15/12/2009 3:18:00 PM Some people won't stop until we cannot criticise any woman at any time for any reason. The.....
» 14/12/2009 9:47:16 PM Foxy "I do my research. It's part of my occupational training, as well as my nature.&.....
» 14/12/2009 9:00:12 PM I don't get it. OLO regulars will happily spend their days composing swipes at each other,.....
» 3/12/2009 6:58:48 AM Whistler Please don't ever post hyperlinks to Nina Furnell articles again. She is a disgr.....
» 3/12/2009 6:41:06 AM Suzeonline:"I am against violence, no matter who does it." There are already a .....
» 2/12/2009 8:42:15 AM Pynchme "Womens violence seemed to be a form of resistance to being controlled or sub.....
» 2/12/2009 7:52:01 AM "The Pig Code sanctions the docking of piglets’ tails, while the Poultry Code provide.....
» 30/11/2009 4:02:34 PM Now that we have decided that there is a large amount of violence that few people seem to .....
» 30/11/2009 2:46:10 PM So Iraq was poorly planned and didn't achieve its stated aims. It is just the latest in a .....
» 30/11/2009 1:58:04 PM When will you losers get it? The Labor Party exists to pursue the same aims as the rest of.....
» 30/11/2009 12:35:03 PM Examinator I don't support WRD because I think that it is based on a defective understand.....
» 28/11/2009 9:07:04 AM The pinky advert wasn't the problem. The broader pattern of television and advertising tha.....
» 27/11/2009 12:53:55 PM Being seen as blokes who get beaten-up by women is a disaster for the men's movement. I kn.....
» 26/11/2009 8:20:11 PM CJ Why would the campaigns be separate? All of the data and anecdotal evidence suggests t.....
» 26/11/2009 3:48:29 PM Antiseptic You seem to spend alot of your time thinking about Psychme as you do your one-.....
» 26/11/2009 3:38:21 PM "in romantic relationships, young boys are encouraged to communicate in a feminine st.....
» 26/11/2009 3:20:40 PM "Many women live lesser lives because they don't feel they measure up to the right lo.....
» 26/11/2009 8:06:08 AM Just insist that all of the women around you wear a white ribbon as well...and explain why.....
» 25/11/2009 1:49:01 PM E. Sykes You aren't a donkey farmer from out Broken Hill way by any chance? You just remi.....
» 24/11/2009 6:32:42 PM It is the fashion for the current generation of young, incredibly self-assured women to cr.....
» 23/11/2009 5:25:07 PM Phanto, Lets not pretend that these sexist attitudes don't exist. We all know blokes with.....
» 21/11/2009 9:09:45 PM At least I can spell Olympic......
» 20/11/2009 4:08:28 PM Oops...on further reflection...Hasbeen really was joking......
» 20/11/2009 3:48:59 PM Hasbeen You must be joking. Equestrian events are amongst the most expensive around. The .....
» 20/11/2009 8:19:35 AM "The title 'Post feminist' or 'pro-rape' indicates that if a person does not support .....
» 19/11/2009 3:10:27 PM The only bit missing was the part where these pretty young things find that their good loo.....
» 18/11/2009 9:00:34 PM The real question is why the popular sports aren't in the Olympics. I know other countries.....
» 18/11/2009 3:33:20 PM Psychme Thank-you for the link about the Brimble case. While this and everything else tha.....
» 17/11/2009 4:17:16 PM I agree that one Freddo Frog is quite trivial. However, it isn't just one Freddo Frog, the.....
» 17/11/2009 10:49:52 AM Men do receive messages that sexual assault is unacceptable. In fact, we receive messages .....
» 15/11/2009 10:33:28 PM Consent is-not the only issue. When Psychme comes home unexpectedly and finds her husband.....
» 14/11/2009 8:49:35 PM Twist of Lime I still believe that Nina has left herself wide open for an allegation of .....
» 13/11/2009 3:30:22 PM The problem with this article isn't the message, it is the messenger. WTF? and myself cann.....
» 11/11/2009 4:37:59 PM "The prevailing view was that it would take the boy 6 months to get the smile off his.....
» 11/11/2009 3:44:01 PM Twenty years ago, you could hear someone's opinion on one issue and fairly accurately pred.....
» 10/11/2009 3:57:29 PM "Outback or isolated rural prison farms or island prisons - with no internet connecti.....
» 4/11/2009 9:18:20 PM Not only does the author not have teenaged sons, she clearly doesn't even know any. No-one.....
» 30/10/2009 12:19:37 PM No-one should be surprised if members of the Liberal Party dislike mandatory detention. No.....
» 29/10/2009 3:53:09 PM There is a side of the Liberal Party that many of us cannot stand... smug rich boys like M.....
» 29/10/2009 3:45:40 PM Surely the government has a few million to spend on a department for telling people to fix.....
» 29/10/2009 3:37:22 PM Yes feminism has its price and it should be alright to say so. This doesn't mean that we s.....
» 29/10/2009 3:18:07 PM Swipes at ethnic minorities were a problem when they were all too common, but this hasn't .....
» 26/10/2009 3:42:29 PM Whatever the faults of the BNP, they need to be confronted in a way that appears fair. Sta.....
» 24/10/2009 10:32:07 AM Discussion of Israel's actions tend to focus on the immorality of inflicting suffering on .....
» 22/10/2009 8:46:50 PM Does anyone know if faking a mental illness increases an asylum seeker's chances of being .....
» 20/10/2009 12:20:32 PM Whatever you think about the policy of locking up asylum seekers, if we lock up the men, t.....
» 16/10/2009 4:06:38 PM I liken physical punishment to the pistols that police carry. They don't get used very oft.....
» 16/10/2009 3:51:55 PM I'm not George Bush either. Where is my prize?.....
» 15/10/2009 3:26:10 PM Suze Sweet little statements about the need to "include the father in her decision&q.....
» 14/10/2009 3:42:01 PM Sexualisation of youth appears to be a misnomer when all of the concern appears to be abou.....
» 13/10/2009 1:57:00 PM Suze, It seems that you believe that it should automatically be the mother's choice wheth.....
» 12/10/2009 6:44:11 PM At least Peter West doesn't work for a rival television network. If there is one thing mor.....
» 11/10/2009 9:35:05 PM Many people have pretended that the first wife has total power to agree or disagree to pol.....
» 11/10/2009 9:08:05 PM Suze, Why should it automatically be the mother's choice whether to abort or not?.....
» 7/10/2009 3:19:49 PM Farmers have been a protected species for far too long. If they cannot attract workers bas.....
» 5/10/2009 11:32:37 AM Whatever her family circumstances, Julie is now upper-middle class. Therefore, it is in he.....
» 26/09/2009 1:41:51 PM Nina Thank-you for taking the trouble to follow this thread. You made the point that tee.....
» 15/09/2009 12:22:31 PM SJF "Why are you and others putting up link after link after link on the subject of .....
» 14/09/2009 9:18:55 AM Nothing that I have heard on this issue gives me any reason to believe that these children.....
» 10/09/2009 9:23:08 PM The key idea in Yabby's pet subject is that men have a biological predisposition to sleep .....
» 10/09/2009 3:58:30 PM "watching how teen girls act now is a big contrast from what I remember. I’m not sure.....
» 10/09/2009 3:11:47 PM Whenever the ALP does anything for the workers, the media accuses them of being pressured .....
» 10/09/2009 7:47:33 AM Piper Q; How do you know if you are a pirate? A; You just aaahhhhrrr me hearty. Q; What.....
» 9/09/2009 9:59:58 PM Piper Tuesday was the name of a horse. BTW; How do you know if you are a pirate?.....
» 8/09/2009 12:24:30 PM Will the quotas exist to force companies to promote more women or to force more women to w.....
» 7/09/2009 9:08:06 PM How we talk about suicide is as important as if we talk about it. People are expected to.....
» 7/09/2009 3:41:38 PM SJF Lets not get bogged down in a long debate about which gender commits more domestic vi.....
» 7/09/2009 12:01:40 PM Piper Men and women have probably been sniping at each other for centuries. What has chan.....
» 6/09/2009 9:39:00 PM I tailgate, but wish that I saw no need to. Many drivers just go too slow. Police should s.....
» 1/09/2009 10:46:48 AM Aboriginal politics will always be different to federal or state politics, because it tend.....
» 31/08/2009 11:13:18 AM SJF Now that you have provided us with plenty of examples of what you don't believe in, w.....
» 30/08/2009 11:43:49 AM SJF My point is that much of the media only promotes a particular stream of feminism that.....
» 29/08/2009 1:55:52 PM Gender related threads on OLO always seem to produce a high number of posts. Therefore, I .....
» 26/08/2009 3:53:50 PM We as a society, have a long way to go before gender issues are discussed in a mature fash.....
» 25/08/2009 3:54:04 PM Let me restate the points that I have been making in simple form, to make them harder to d.....
» 24/08/2009 12:50:05 PM I have several questions for those who refuse to criticise women who flirt. 1) Flirting i.....
» 24/08/2009 7:58:00 AM Condemning rapists might make you look rightous, but it won't work as a complete solution .....
» 23/08/2009 11:48:53 AM Many people have written posts in defence of those who flirt. Flirting can be seen as sugg.....
» 22/08/2009 10:35:27 AM Ema and others I can assure you that I am quite concerned about domestic violence. I woul.....
» 21/08/2009 3:30:03 PM People may well have lived here for at least 40 000 years but it is unclear what relations.....
» 20/08/2009 3:41:08 PM The idea of discussing the ethics of sex is excellent....as long as Nina doesn't get to de.....
» 18/08/2009 12:10:00 PM Dear OLO, If you wish to reduce the incidence of domestic violence, please stop running t.....
» 17/08/2009 3:42:33 PM The burning question in my mind is why the NRL and Melbourne Storm have waited so long to .....
» 13/08/2009 4:05:14 PM Mary Please read today's article about bullying entitled "Vengeful Angels and Mean G.....
» 12/08/2009 3:32:16 PM While finding the truth always matters, the question of whether or not the girl was actual.....
» 11/08/2009 10:12:59 PM Let me explain why I respect Antiseptic When the scandals like the Auckland incident or t.....
» 10/08/2009 1:57:11 PM Antiseptic's taboo question has eventually created some high quality discussion. Thank-you.....
» 8/08/2009 9:28:39 PM Others find office workers in suits boring but I find the increasing use brightly coloured.....
» 6/08/2009 8:11:05 AM Could someone more informed please tell the rest of us if child support agencies employ in.....
» 5/08/2009 8:56:09 AM It appears that three different questions are becoming entangled here. The first question .....
» 3/08/2009 11:12:58 AM In this article, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are described as the first p.....
» 3/08/2009 11:02:19 AM I am as suspicious as CJ. The initial post was simplistic, easily countered and full of em.....
» 28/07/2009 12:58:34 PM My favourite advantage about being white and male is that no-one makes assumptions about m.....
» 27/07/2009 10:43:36 AM When someone really understands an issue, they can explain it in a way that makes it sound.....
» 22/07/2009 3:50:30 PM "Cornflower and others have no trouble overlooking or Dear Psychme, If you have a p.....
» 21/07/2009 10:42:45 AM "a "menz collective" is a comical term to describe the several whinging exc.....
» 18/07/2009 9:29:59 PM Fractelle, please let me rephrase my earlier claim. I believe that there is an opportunity.....
» 17/07/2009 4:04:58 PM Pied Piper- my understanding is that the person with most of the custody gets less money f.....
» 16/07/2009 10:55:22 AM If posters must be spiteful, please at least be funny. For example, "what a shame we .....
» 13/07/2009 1:26:58 PM Most articles on education share the same fault. It is easy to tell teachers what their le.....
» 12/07/2009 9:10:52 PM Claims about how many powerful people are male are accurate but ignore an important issue......
» 9/07/2009 9:08:29 PM "The women of America … cannot hope to get anything unless they are willing to fight .....
» 7/07/2009 9:31:43 PM There is no need to pick on them. What they do to each other is bad enough......
» 23/06/2009 9:27:09 PM Rugby league clearly has an image problem. Whenever a new scandal occurs, there is a long .....
» 22/06/2009 1:20:17 PM The focus on Mr Ward's race does-not help to resolve this issue, they only provoke feeling.....
» 19/06/2009 3:36:06 PM I don't want people who think that $127 000 isn't alot of money in parliament and please, .....
» 14/06/2009 1:46:04 PM If the Chaser and the NRL Footy Show would only stick to picking on working class people l.....
» 10/06/2009 10:37:59 PM I'm sorry if it sounds like some of us men are anti-feminism or even anti-women. We just c.....
» 9/06/2009 9:27:24 PM It might be more productive to talk about stopping the thugs and leave the emotive discuss.....
» 2/06/2009 12:34:14 PM There has always been a racial aspect to Mundine's cockiness. It can appear that he is one.....
» 2/06/2009 12:21:44 PM If Jordan were to accept responsibility for the West Bank, the Israelis would expect them .....
» 30/05/2009 10:38:52 PM Just to clear up some confusion from James and many others, feminism was not started just .....
» 27/05/2009 9:34:24 PM Since the Johns incident, there has been more scrutiny of Claire's behaviour than that of .....
» 19/05/2009 11:55:23 AM Alex, thank you for writing this article. Discussion about this issue would be more useful.....
» 6/04/2009 8:59:11 PM This type of garbage highlights why we should be more careful about uncritically swallowin.....
» 27/02/2009 4:17:25 PM The author is attempting to use feminism mean that she should be able to make any choice w.....

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