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Flat White

Victimhood feminism: whatever happened to empowering women?

26 February 2021

4:16 PM

26 February 2021

4:16 PM

As a teenage boy who saw his mother beaten and assaulted as a result of domestic violence I’m the first to agree too many women are shamefully abused and victimised by men.  At the same time I refuse to believe society is riven with misogyny, that all men are guilty and that women are always passive victims. 

As a result of sexual assault allegations and debate about the culture of Parliament House over the past 10 days, a number of commentators have trotted out the same old myths and exaggerations as the usual feminist tropes about woman always being the victim...

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