Paul,

Barely believable!

Ok so can anyone tell me now are men now growing their own ovaries and Fallopian tubes and releasing eggs / having periods now or what?

How does this whole men having periods thing work?
Can men now take days off work for cramps and period pains etc?
- And have valid excuses for our short temper, hostility and being generally irritable?

Paul1405 You must be getting frustrated 209 words all jammed together as one big paragraph even though the subject differs.

Taking 100% as it will happen, I would give it 25% for rubbish 75%.

The 25% is based on.
1) Morrison did not dismiss it outright or say he knew nothing about it but would investigate before commenting.

2) It is said "Simone McGurk, the Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence, happily supports the program." If this was false or misleading why has this person not come out to say it is BS.

3) Quote "A spokesperson from the Western Australia Department of Education wouldn't confirm or deny whether 'dressing up' will be part of the 2019 gender education program, stating the 'curriculum is still being developed.'"

It was not denied.
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Quote "The primary aim of the course, previously introduced to over a dozen Victorian schools in 2018, is to break down gender stereotypes."

I have never heard of this happening, if it did one would think it definitely would get a lot of media attention, which sways to being fake.

Hi Phil,

The problem with tabloid journalism is the stories have to be "juicy" to suit the readers, to get the circulation. People read the tabloids primarily for the sport section, but also for a bit of titillating news and gossip. A jurno through the editor also has to comply with the papers overall (in reality the proprietors) political philosophy.

In this story its obvious the jurno had very little to go on, probably no more than a government press release from the minister to the effect that 'By introducing respectful relationships in schools, we can continue to implement cultural changes in attitudes towards family and domestic violence, early interventions can be critical.' All feel good stuff, nothing controversial, not much of a story in that. But with a bit of flair a mundane story can be become rather "hot". Don't forget a jurno working for a daily has to produce the goods regularly or his editor is not going to be to pleased.

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I have worked on a few election campaigns, and believe me the media is both your best friend and worse enemy. If you are a serious candidate you get yourself a good 'press' person, someone who the media can rely on, call, text, email, someone who will take your press releases and hopefully get a bit of column space, for you. One function of the press person is to shield the candidate from making off the cuff remarks to the press, which can be misinterpreted, and often are. A jurno would ring and say I've got a press release from the Liberal on so and so, we are going to run it tomorrow, Labor have given me theirs, I want all three comments if I can. Okay, then they will email you the Liberal press release and Labors comments. After a bit of a discussion you email the jurno your candidates two cents worth. That's often how it works, but things can go wrong and often do. Like feeding the lion, he can take the food from your hand like a good pussy cat will, but he can also bit the hand that feeds him. You never know what it is going to be.

Paul1405,
So basically your buying a journalists loyalty by giving him exclusive access, and its their job to make you look good or you take your exclusives elsewhere?
That's Quid Pro Quo, and it proves the media landscape is flawed.

"Like feeding the lion, he can take the food from your hand like a good pussy cat will, but he can also bit the hand that feeds him. You never know what it is going to be."

It's not a journalist's job to be loyal to the people they get stories from, it's a journalists job to be loyal to their readership and display unbiased journalistic integrity.

This is how democracy is diluted and citizens are mislead and misinformed.
I want the truth, not bought and paid for media spin for the manipulation of useful idiots.