Supporting professionals in having constructive dialogues with boys/young men. Currently writing ‘The Silent ‘M’’
The material world
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Outline of the book in progress, ‘Speaking of Men…’
*Where are the men (& boys)?
*How are the men (&boys)?
*Why are the men (& boys) [in these situations, doing these things]?
*What can we do (to make things safer, better, more human)?
Preorders in January
When tradesmen come to my house I still feel like I need to act in a prescribed range of ways. I’m 58 years old. I try to delegitimise this crap for a living
I offer a brew in one kind of mug, but not another
Not consciously, instinctively
Conditioning
Masculinity bollocks
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Does anyone know the reason why successive governments refer to Male Violence Against Women & Girls (#MVAWG) as the mysterious and untethered-from-reality ‘Violence Against Women & Girls’ (#VAWG)?
cc @andyburnham @Keir_Starmer @RishiSunak @trussliz @BorisJohnson @theresa_may etc
0%They’re thick
41%They’re cowardly
48%They’re thick & cowardly
11%Something else. See below
95 votes • 4 days‘people started having pre-marital sex in the 1950’s’
It’s on the internet, so it must be true 😵💫
People usually say that the pill caused the sexual revolution but a) people started having premarital sex in the 1950s, a decade before the pill and b) contraception is widely used by people who don't live very post-sexual-revolution lives (like in Asia). I think the sexual revolution, i.e. more permissive attitudes about sex, caused the pill to be invented and not the other way round.
But then, why did the sexual revolution happen? I have cooked up a theory. Just as how women have more casual sex on college campuses with fewer men, I think women, as a collective, responded to the male shortage caused by the Second World War by shortening their hemlines and having premarital sex.
Read my column here: worksinprogress.co/issue/you…
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Many congratulations to our officers, elected at today's AGM of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation.
Huge thanks to @ToniaAntoniazzi for her leadership over the past two years, and congratulations to her successor as Chair: @tracygilbert72 👏
ALT Officers of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
That’d be me
Plus tracking down the supplier
Plus a LOT of open door conversation with her
Drugs are no cure for misogyny-rooted pain
My intrepid daughter is finally in Reykjavik, after overnight diversion to Amsterdam. She planned her stay with online info and reviews from lone female travellers. In my head she’s my baby, still, but she’s striding the world. I never had a dad so I wing it one reality at a time
Please check out @DavidLeanLeano book
A story that needs telling
I am extremely proud to release my book
‘Public Interest’
English Footballs Biggest Scandal today for pre order….
Find out what really happened….
google.com/goto?url=CAESdgHr…
Teachers who DON’T enforce school policy on single-sex toilets are in breach of the law AND their safeguarding duty
Solidarity with all those who do the right thing, no matter what
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The parliamentary committee on the draft Conversion Practices Bill has issued its call for evidence.
Read our briefing on who is at risk from criminalisation by this legislation and start thinking about responding.
sex-matters.org/posts/update…
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@MenAtWork_MC
Please support
I am extremely proud to release my book
‘Public Interest’
English Footballs Biggest Scandal today for pre order….
Find out what really happened….
google.com/goto?url=CAESdgHr…
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Anyone making money from the pornification of girls’ school uniform should be subject to serious sanctions
These girls are right. It shouldn’t be up to them to fight this, but I support them in doing so
We’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us?
No one should have to feel nervous about walking to school in clothes designed for children. It’s time for law to end the sexualisation of minors
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Does anyone know the reason why successive governments refer to Male Violence Against Women & Girls (#MVAWG) as the mysterious and untethered-from-reality ‘Violence Against Women & Girls’ (#VAWG)?
cc @andyburnham @Keir_Starmer @RishiSunak @trussliz @BorisJohnson @theresa_may etc
0%They’re thick
41%They’re cowardly
48%They’re thick & cowardly
11%Something else. See below
95 votes • 4 daysAnyone making money from the pornification of girls’ school uniform should be subject to serious sanctions
These girls are right. It shouldn’t be up to them to fight this, but I support them in doing so
We’re teenage girls fighting to ban the use of school uniform in porn. Why have you left it up to us?
No one should have to feel nervous about walking to school in clothes designed for children. It’s time for law to end the sexualisation of minors
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Gender-neutral language is a scam
"One in Ten Adults". "People". "Persons".
For the first 27 lines of this article, it's a mystery to the reader who overwhelmingly beats up who.
This article is a mess: careful gender-neutral language, no hard data - but only featuring female victims.
thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
This is me, this is the work. If you’re interested (or know anyone who might be) in talking about how this work might align with yours - get in touch.
Cheers
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If I’m on a panel I find out who else is. Not to police them or their views but to be sure that it’s not a ‘manel’ (unless it’s something exclusively about the subjective experience of being a man)
In this case, it looks like no one asked anyone anything. Absurd 😞
I know this pic has been posted by others already, but... what on earth @RCPhysicians ?! 😱
#NoMoreManels
#DiversityAndInclusion
This seems to be what happens every day
Not a visual trick
A diverse reality of comprehending the same real world event
The same ink lines - totally different interpretations
It’s not the ink, it’s us
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New #Spycops documentary on former Tory councillor Andy Coles. In early 90s he was a married 32 year old cop infiltrating animal rights campaigns when he exploited ‘Jessica’, then a teenage activist, for sex and cover. His actions were an abuse of power.
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
If I’m on a panel I find out who else is. Not to police them or their views but to be sure that it’s not a ‘manel’ (unless it’s something exclusively about the subjective experience of being a man)
In this case, it looks like no one asked anyone anything. Absurd 😞
I know this pic has been posted by others already, but... what on earth @RCPhysicians ?! 😱
#NoMoreManels
#DiversityAndInclusion
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Great opportunity for any feminist lawyers out there - please share
A landmark new legal advice service for survivors of rape and sexual assault is launching in 2027 — and we’re recruiting civil and criminal lawyers to help build it.
Read the @lawsocgazette article: lawgazette.co.uk/news/womens…
