In a national, and probably world first, the Australian state of Victoria has appointed a Parliamentary Secretary for Men's Behaviour Change after the Prime Minister declared a ‘national crisis’ of male violence against women earlier this month.
It seems to be another example of Australia acting as a test bed for "progressive" government overreach policies that if proven acceptable to the masses can then be rolled out to the rest of the Five Eyes nations and beyond to all Western "democracies". On visiting Australia for the first time in ages at the end of the noughties I noticed the proliferation of public information warnings on topics that would previously have been adequately covered by common sense. Some 10 years later and similar warnings were rife in the UK.
Hang on a minute... So now they know what a woman is?
They can crap on all they want but the police can't do anything about a reported assault unless it's on camera or witnessed by stranger.... So the only time they do anything is when there is a dead body.
Pre- crime? Hello thought police! Kill all men or chop their balls off.
I've got some ideas for them... They could attach social distancing collars to people that identify as men and the opposite GPS sensor to people that identify as women. Then set perimeter alarm of 1000m linked to a national police or ambulance database.
Once the device is triggered, it severs the head of both parties.
The rise in 2022-23 was another predictable cause of Covid lockdowns. Men are more than twice as likely to be killed by women. The suicide rate for men is actually 76%.
Since 1990 the murder rate for all people has greatly reduced.
If you remove the indigenous population stats Australia is one of the safest countries in the world.
A majority of murders are a result of a conflict, often drugs etc or relationship conflict. Men deal with conflict with the threat of violence and women by reputaation destruction (generalised of course).
Many male suicides are a response to such conflicts.
I make no excuse for any violence but given men also represent over 90% of workplace deaths and prison intake the "male disposibility theory" is more than a theory.
The female intimate partner homicide rate in 2022-23 was 0.32 per 100,000. This was an increase from the rate of 0.25 recorder in the previous year but the second lowest rate recorded since 1989-90.
The AIC actually released both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 data "following enhanced processes to ensure timely release.
This means the 2021-22 release has been overshadowed by 2022-23.
The rate in 2021-22 was 0.25 the same as 2020-21/ This is the equal lowest rate since 89-90.
I got all this from Jeremy Gans @jeremy_gans twitter - go to his posts of April 30th and he gives a comphrehensive rundown.
So darn sad that we've got to this stage - in my lifetime. I'm not saying we don't need to stop DV but let's address the underlying breakdown on families & society in general. Having a woke, virtue signalling govt., wasting taxpayers money like this will do zip!
That's a good point. Addressing values as a whole society might be more constructive than labelling men as the problem, then trying to 'fix' them. Obviously notwithstanding that violent offenders should be dealt with by the law, and women need safe spaces and services should they be in fear of violence. One of the reasons Self ID laws are a problem - which I wish now that I'd mentioned above, because it does present a clear contradiction from a government saying they want to protect women.
I see it as another level of "dumbing down" the political discourse.
To compare the current crop of "politicians" to those of the past- great orators with towering intellects and impressive educations contrasting with Allan, Andrews, Albanese, Bowen et al, is like asking a group of chimps to run the Apollo moon landing missions.
The oversimplification of every aspect of life is the sine qua non of the modern authoritarian left.
Good point, though I am scratching to find any recent examples of authoritarianism on the conservative side of politics. True conservativism is the antithesis os authoritarianism.
I’m thinking of the image pictured here, with authoritarianism vs libertarianism in the vertical axis, and liberalism vs conservatism on the horizontal axis https://arxiv.org/html/2401.13656v1
I wonder if any of this elaborate fight against male violence will have any practical outcomes, such as building suitable shelters for the women affected? I doubt it.
Nor will there be any reference to the increased stress caused to both women and men by rises in cost of living, lack of affordable housing, lack of privacy, fear porn, stupid rules for us to follow, debts, climate change nonsense, etc. etc.
Aussie writer Stephen Reason suggests there is another agenda behind this .... "Our WEF-captured Australian Government is attempting to use the device of "violent men" to impose “age-assurance technologies” to surveil and censor, and to remove all anonymity from the internet."
Heard that the reports of female on female domestic violence has increased dramatically but it is not being acknowledged as if throws the narrative into disarray
How many petty channels can Govts manufacture to ensure more public servants Assistants for this chief or other boss but what exactly is it that needs to be done Job given to chosen person to execute the task so why aid is required. If the person not capable of doing it why give them the job
New jobs created in QLD under Anna P were almost always public service manufactured ones No surprise that Campbell Newman sacked so many on taking office This job employment created many channels for departments to wallow through & network survives still begging for a cull
Oh wow I didn't know the policeman had shoved the woman to the ground first. That's gross.
And this is the thing, it's hard to swallow that these special secretary positions and such will do the trick when there's rot from the top down that hasn't been addressed, including both physical abuse and coercive control perpetrated by state actors.
"Secretary for Men's Behaviour Change" has a distinctly Orwellian ring to it. To be policed by thought control, no doubt. More progressive insanity.
It seems to be another example of Australia acting as a test bed for "progressive" government overreach policies that if proven acceptable to the masses can then be rolled out to the rest of the Five Eyes nations and beyond to all Western "democracies". On visiting Australia for the first time in ages at the end of the noughties I noticed the proliferation of public information warnings on topics that would previously have been adequately covered by common sense. Some 10 years later and similar warnings were rife in the UK.
Ha bang on!
"...I noticed the proliferation of public information warnings on topics that would previously have been adequately covered by common sense"
Hang on a minute... So now they know what a woman is?
They can crap on all they want but the police can't do anything about a reported assault unless it's on camera or witnessed by stranger.... So the only time they do anything is when there is a dead body.
Pre- crime? Hello thought police! Kill all men or chop their balls off.
Education? Don't make me cry.
Well I should have mentioned the Self-ID laws because of course, they think a woman is whoever says they are a woman.
If only ducks could speak!
I've got some ideas for them... They could attach social distancing collars to people that identify as men and the opposite GPS sensor to people that identify as women. Then set perimeter alarm of 1000m linked to a national police or ambulance database.
Once the device is triggered, it severs the head of both parties.
Problem sol ved.
The rise in 2022-23 was another predictable cause of Covid lockdowns. Men are more than twice as likely to be killed by women. The suicide rate for men is actually 76%.
Since 1990 the murder rate for all people has greatly reduced.
If you remove the indigenous population stats Australia is one of the safest countries in the world.
A majority of murders are a result of a conflict, often drugs etc or relationship conflict. Men deal with conflict with the threat of violence and women by reputaation destruction (generalised of course).
Many male suicides are a response to such conflicts.
I make no excuse for any violence but given men also represent over 90% of workplace deaths and prison intake the "male disposibility theory" is more than a theory.
I meant "Men are more than twice as likely to be killed THAN a women" as they account for over 2 thirds of total deaths by murder.
"Since 1990 the murder rate for all people has greatly reduced." could you link me to a source for this?
The female intimate partner homicide rate in 2022-23 was 0.32 per 100,000. This was an increase from the rate of 0.25 recorder in the previous year but the second lowest rate recorded since 1989-90.
The AIC actually released both the 2021-22 and 2022-23 data "following enhanced processes to ensure timely release.
This means the 2021-22 release has been overshadowed by 2022-23.
The rate in 2021-22 was 0.25 the same as 2020-21/ This is the equal lowest rate since 89-90.
I got all this from Jeremy Gans @jeremy_gans twitter - go to his posts of April 30th and he gives a comphrehensive rundown.
Thanks good insights!
https://www.aic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/sr45_homicide_in_australia_2021-22.pdf
Thanks
see reply to your last comment - added info
So darn sad that we've got to this stage - in my lifetime. I'm not saying we don't need to stop DV but let's address the underlying breakdown on families & society in general. Having a woke, virtue signalling govt., wasting taxpayers money like this will do zip!
That's a good point. Addressing values as a whole society might be more constructive than labelling men as the problem, then trying to 'fix' them. Obviously notwithstanding that violent offenders should be dealt with by the law, and women need safe spaces and services should they be in fear of violence. One of the reasons Self ID laws are a problem - which I wish now that I'd mentioned above, because it does present a clear contradiction from a government saying they want to protect women.
I see it as another level of "dumbing down" the political discourse.
To compare the current crop of "politicians" to those of the past- great orators with towering intellects and impressive educations contrasting with Allan, Andrews, Albanese, Bowen et al, is like asking a group of chimps to run the Apollo moon landing missions.
The oversimplification of every aspect of life is the sine qua non of the modern authoritarian left.
Just the authoritarian left or also the authoritarian right? Seems to be an authoritarian trait in general?
Good point, though I am scratching to find any recent examples of authoritarianism on the conservative side of politics. True conservativism is the antithesis os authoritarianism.
I’m thinking of the image pictured here, with authoritarianism vs libertarianism in the vertical axis, and liberalism vs conservatism on the horizontal axis https://arxiv.org/html/2401.13656v1
I wonder if any of this elaborate fight against male violence will have any practical outcomes, such as building suitable shelters for the women affected? I doubt it.
Nor will there be any reference to the increased stress caused to both women and men by rises in cost of living, lack of affordable housing, lack of privacy, fear porn, stupid rules for us to follow, debts, climate change nonsense, etc. etc.
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Aussie writer Stephen Reason suggests there is another agenda behind this .... "Our WEF-captured Australian Government is attempting to use the device of "violent men" to impose “age-assurance technologies” to surveil and censor, and to remove all anonymity from the internet."
https://stephenreason.substack.com/p/blaming-male-violence-to-censor-the
Secretary 😁
Heard that the reports of female on female domestic violence has increased dramatically but it is not being acknowledged as if throws the narrative into disarray
Yes the reporting has been very narrow with little to know context.
How many petty channels can Govts manufacture to ensure more public servants Assistants for this chief or other boss but what exactly is it that needs to be done Job given to chosen person to execute the task so why aid is required. If the person not capable of doing it why give them the job
I remember reading that the public service wage bill soared under Dan Andrews as the bureaucracy bloated out.
New jobs created in QLD under Anna P were almost always public service manufactured ones No surprise that Campbell Newman sacked so many on taking office This job employment created many channels for departments to wallow through & network survives still begging for a cull
Oh wow I didn't know the policeman had shoved the woman to the ground first. That's gross.
And this is the thing, it's hard to swallow that these special secretary positions and such will do the trick when there's rot from the top down that hasn't been addressed, including both physical abuse and coercive control perpetrated by state actors.
WOW