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Proved again: the(ir) ABC couldn’t be more out of touch

28 September 2020

2:27 PM

28 September 2020

2:27 PM

Ask anyone sane: there is absolutely no doubt that that episode of ABC’s Q&A was outrageous and unacceptable.

You know, the one where a panel of angry extremist feminists condoned violence? 

Remember, the one where Egyptian-US journalist Mona Elahawy asked, “How many rapists must we kill until men stop raping us?”

Eltahawy speaks about using “justifiable violence” against men under the mythical, righteous challenge of dismantling the “patriarchy”.  

In her book, ‘The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls’, she attempts to assert that being civil, respectful and polite are “ineffective”.  

In 2012 she confessed that she beat up a man who tried to grope her in...

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