OPINION: Why ‘boys will be boys’ is no defence for misogyny – Australian Women’s Weekly – July 2016


On the surface, the Facebook group ‘Blokes advice’ sounds harmless enough; a place where men can bond and share jokes. But within the everyday blokey banter, the group has a serious misogyny problem, and there is nothing harmless about that.

The ‘secret’ group (that everyone knows about) was created in Queensland in May this year and already has more than 200,000 members. But although fans of the group claim that it’s just a place to “talk Sh*t”, screen shots of posts about rape, revenge porn and violence against women have been exposed.

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