Monthly Archives: May 2013

  • Ross says ‘Not all rape is rape’…


    Ross says ‘Not all rape is rape’… Our CEO, Vivienne Hayes tells the Daily Mail: ‘Does Ross think all women and girls should lock themselves away or wear a chastity belt because men and boys are not expected to monitor and control their behaviour?’ For more on this story: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2330930/Crimewatch-creator-Nick-Ross-provokes-fury-suggesting-rape-rape-victim-drunk-leading-men-on.html#ixzz2UZyAEJTY  

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  • ‘Masculinity Defines Men, Rather Than the Reverse’ – Why the ‘Masculinity’ Debate Is So Important


    Diane Abbott MP spoke earlier this month of a ‘crisis of masculinity’, prompting a sudden flurry of media interviews with men from across the board claiming the opposite. However, many commentators have agreed that men do have issues, that the modern world creates certain pressures that affect their psyche, health, behavior, interpersonal relationships, emotional development, and more »

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  • ‘The Masters Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masters House': Thatcher’s Legacy on Power, Leadership and Feminism


    In response to Margret Thatcher’s death, much has been written, usually introduced by the words ‘Britain’s first female Prime Minister’. She has been described by some on the right as the ultimate feminist icon, and across the spectrum as important as the first female leader in Whitehall, a woman ‘gaining power’ in a man’s world. more »

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  • Why I Won’t Support One Billion Rising


    The premise of One Billion Rising is to ‘rise’ above forms of violence; to dance, to celebrate and in doing so to ‘DEMAND an end to this violence’. It was created by Eve Ensler, the creator of The Vagina Monologues, whose exposure has risen along with the success of the play. It is receiving considerable more »

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