'Our research found that male perpetrators are often culturally-empowered to lie about their actions...while victim-survivors are placed in vulnerable positions riddled by traumatic doubts & disbelief', writes Dr Dr Andrea Jean Baker for #MonashLens :
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Today, on #DVRemembranceDay , we pause to honour those we have lost and stand in solidarity with survivors. The heartbreaking rate of women’s deaths this year alone is stark reminder of the urgent need for change. We must do better.

Tune into The Project tonight to see Patty Kinnersly CEO Patty Kinnersly discussing #ViolenceAgainstWomen

National and NSW Cabinet meetings this week will discuss men's violence against women, including the role that online misogyny plays in shaping boys’ and young men’s attitudes towards women.

I discussed this with Sarah Ferguson on abc730 last night: ab.co/3xYwuEw.

The release of our research led by Assoc/Prof Asher Flynn & Prof Anastasia Powell on perpetration of tech-based sexual harassment at work today is timely. We found this behaviour is often part of a pattern of sexual violence designed to humiliate, degrade & harm the victim tinyurl.com/4n8utpt7

Women in Australia deserve better, governments have to do better and as a society we have to do better.

That's why we'll be convening the National Cabinet with one issue on the agenda: immediate, meaningful and practical action to address family violence.

‘Enough’: thousands to join protests across Australia opposing violence against women | Women | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

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As police launched a series of counterterrorism raids across Sydney, Australia's crisis with 'intimate partner terrorists' continued - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Powerful The Sydney Morning Herald front page and editorial this morning.

I wrote about the wave of survivor voices — credible, particular, and collective— that powered MeToo. Weinstein appeal represents the legal backlash.

Don’t know what to say…”New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from #MeToo trial - ABC News”. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Domestic violence commissioner calls national roundtable to assess number of women's deaths, says conversation is shifting - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2024-04-2…

Emma Bates, Molly Ticehurst: A woman is violently killed in Australia every four days smh.com.au/national/a-wom…

It’s a global shadow pandemic, here are the rallies in Australia this week.