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Trucks featuring the controversial slogan have been travelling around Melbourne since May.

Melbourne brothel owner among funders of ‘Ditch the Witch’ billboards against Allan

The controversial slogan was heavily criticised as sexist by the premier and other politicians on Sunday.

  • Gemma Grant

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The number of women who have had their ideas stolen is countless.

I came up with a brilliant idea. Then I watched my male boss pass it off as his own

Before the manosphere, there has been a long line of gifted women whose achievements were “erased” by men.

  • Jane Caro
Most women have heard a comment that made them feel uncomfortable in the workplace. That doesn’t make it OK.

A colleague remarked on new hire’s breasts. But I’m the one being punished

This kind of conduct simply needs to end, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.

  • Kirstin Ferguson
Louis Theroux explores the manosphere in this new Netflix documentary.

Andrew Tate’s not the only man missing from Theroux’s manosphere doco

There is ongoing resistance to discussing the issue of fatherlessness – and its impact on boys – in polite society.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Rideshare platforms such as Uber are not using the Albanese government’s new gig economy laws as intended, minister Amanda Rishworth has said.

Rideshare giants failing to respond to predatory drivers, Labor warns

Albanese government to push platforms such as Uber to properly handle sexual misconduct complaints against drivers, as it concedes its laws need bolstering.

  • Elias Visontay
Domestic violence survivor Orly Lavee.

DV survivors like me suffer private harm. Don’t make it a public spectacle

Even well-intentioned media coverage of domestic violence can compound harm for those involved.

  • Orly Lavee
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Bec Zacharia (left) looks shocked as Tyson Gordon faces off with Laura Byrne, Brittany Hockley and Jules Lund on MAFS: After the Dinner Party, which screens on Stan.

Misogyny at first sight but I’m glad MAFS gave toxic Tyson a platform

Tyson would prefer a “submissive” woman but he’s far from alone. Many Gen Z males hold similar views, so we need to shine light on this regression.

  • Julia Baird
Scott Morrison. “as a former prime minister, his first duty, surely, should be to champion Australians, including Muslim-Australians.”

He didn’t hold a hose, but Morrison’s still happy to fan the flames

An incendiary speech by former prime minister Scott Morrison has reminded us that when it comes to matters of cultural sensitivity, he’s still a bulldozer.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Rachel Ward, in a still from the video.

Has Rachel Ward ‘let herself go’? No, she just looks her real age

The actor appeared on social media unfiltered, and the internet melted down. What’s wrong with ageing naturally?

  • Melissa Hoyer
What do we want to stand for as a nation?

We’re a great nation. Let’s remind ourselves why that is

Compared with much of the world, everything “just works” in Australia, right? No, it doesn’t. It’s up to us to make sure it keeps working.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness