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The prime minister has called an urgent national cabinet meeting as thousands rallied to end men’s violence against women. Follow the day’s news live
Environment minister Tanya Plibersek has said said an “incredible amount of violent misogyny online” is actively working against any policies aimed at tackling violence against women.
Speaking to Sunrise early this morning, she listed a number of government policies aimed at tackling the issue but said despite these, “’m not surprised that those people at rallies across the weekend are still furious that the behaviour continues.”
There’s this smorgasbord of violent misogyny that’s being fed to, particularly, adolescent boys. And so society is trying to fix it on the one hand and, on the other hand, we have the exact opposite force happening, working against us trying to improve things.
We need to look at what governments are doing, what police are doing, what courts are doing, what emergency services are doing, but we also need to look at what is happening particularly to young men online that is supporting these misogynist attitudes.
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