Not good news for Australia...

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Worrying stuff.

Never been there myself, so definitely no expert, but some of the stuff that comes out of Australia (wife beaters/racists) doesn't sound good... is this just the BBC or anyone know different?

I used to work in Australia and I found the Aussies to be more misogynistic than the Brits and Americans.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/new...o-former-prime-ministers-20220309-p5a2yj.html
The link from the Sydney Morning Herald in 2022 shows a web page that requires personal info but I copied the info.:

Australia’s above-average sexism highlighted in global report By Latika Bourke and Rachael Dexter March 12, 2022 — 1.56pm
research conducted for International Women’s Day on behalf of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership in London, which is led by former prime minister Julia Gillard.

The study shows that Australian men have some of the most sexist views in the Western world.


Kelly Beaver from Ipsos, former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard and former British prime minister Theresa May at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London.CREDIT:LATIKA BOURKE

Market research consultancy Ipsos in February surveyed 20,524 adults across 30 countries, including Australia, Britain, the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore and Turkey.

Almost one-third of those surveyed believe that traditional masculinity is under threat while more than one-quarter said that feminism did more harm than good.

About one in five said that men had lost out in terms of economic and political power or social status as a result of feminism, while 15 per cent said that violence against women was often provoked by the victim and that women often made up or exaggerated claims of abuse or rape.

But Australians were regularly above the global average when measuring misogyny on a country-by-country basis, although the data showed gaps between Australian men and women.

For example, 9 per cent of all people surveyed said it was a woman’s obligation to have sex with her boyfriend or husband even if she didn’t feel like it. That view was endorsed by 14 per cent of the Australians surveyed, and 19 per cent of Australian men, compared with 10 per cent of women.

Similarly, the global average for those who believed that women often falsely allege or exaggerate claims of rape and abuse was 15 per cent. In Australia, the average was 19 per cent with 28 per cent of men agreeing, compared with 11 per cent of women.

London: If a woman walked into an Australian pub where there were five men, one of them would likely look at her and think it was OK to use sexist language and share online intimate photographs of her without consent.

The finding is part of new research conducted for International Women’s Day on behalf of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership in London, which is led by former prime minister Julia Gillard.

The study shows that Australian men have some of the most sexist views in the Western world.

Market research consultancy Ipsos in February surveyed 20,524 adults across 30 countries, including Australia, Britain, the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore and Turkey.

Almost one-third of those surveyed believe that traditional masculinity is under threat while more than one-quarter said that feminism did more harm than good.

About one in five said that men had lost out in terms of economic and political power or social status as a result of feminism, while 15 per cent said that violence against women was often provoked by the victim and that women often made up or exaggerated claims of abuse or rape.

But Australians were regularly above the global average when measuring misogyny on a country-by-country basis, although the data showed gaps between Australian men and women.

For example, 9 per cent of all people surveyed said it was a woman’s obligation to have sex with her boyfriend or husband even if she didn’t feel like it. That view was endorsed by 14 per cent of the Australians surveyed, and 19 per cent of Australian men, compared with 10 per cent of women.

Similarly, the global average for those who believed that women often falsely allege or exaggerate claims of rape and abuse was 15 per cent. In Australia, the average was 19 per cent with 28 per cent of men agreeing, compared with 11 per cent of women.

And Australia was second-highest in the world, behind only Malaysia, when asked if it was acceptable to use sexist or misogynistic language online, with 14 per cent saying that it was OK. The global average was 8 per cent. Of the Australians surveyed, 23 per cent of men said it was OK, compared to 5 per cent of women.

Australia was also second-highest, behind Malaysia, when asked if it was OK to share intimate images of a woman online without their consent, with 11 per cent saying it was OK compared with the global average of 6 per cent.

Almost one in five Australian men said it was acceptable compared with just 4 per cent of women.

Kelly Beaver from Ipsos said she was shocked by the results and told Ms Gillard that they exposed “some real issues” in Australia when it came to gender bias and equity.

“Some of the numbers in particular for Australia ... we can see it’s substantively higher than other countries on the biases on an online perspective and what’s acceptable. I think there are some real issues there, so yes, shocked and disappointed,” she said.

Hmmm.... add in a bit of racism, bit of the macho white supremacy stuff... suppose I thought they were all like they are (or were) on Neighbours

I was in an office in Singapore for a while, John.
There was a really good bloke from Australia in a room a few doors down from me.
We had to keep the doors closed as the profanities everyone could hear when he wa on the phone was shocking. The Singaporean ladies used to blush regularly and he was given a warning by management; it didn't change him one iota though, he had worked with ships in his own country and knew many things about how to clear vessels in and out of port there and also how to handle Australian customs, which was and probably still is, a nightmare to deal with, especially with ships etc.

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