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'New documents have revealed Brittany Higgins' explanation for why the date of a key photograph of a bruise on her leg did not match the timeline of her rape claims against Bruce Lehrmann.

The papers, released by an ACT government Board of Inquiry into the police and prosecution handling of the case, also reveal Ms Higgins spoke to her then-boyfriend David Sharaz about deleting several files from her phone, which police warned her 'looks deceitful'.

Ms Higgins said those files were the audio of conversations she had recorded 'for personal records' and she 'didn't know if this was ok'.

Ms Higgins had shared with police a photograph showing an apparent large bruise on her thigh, which she said was caused by Lehrmann pinning her down as he allegedly raped her in the office of their defence minister boss Linda Reynolds.

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'"Why Can't We Hate Men?" asks a headline in the Washington Post. A trendy hashtag is #KillAllMen. Books are sold titled I Hate Men, No Good Men, and Are Men Necessary?

How did an ideology arise that condemns masculinity as dangerous and destructive?

Bestselling author Nancy Pearcey has a knack for tackling the tough issues of our day. A former agnostic, Pearcey was hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual." In The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes (Baker Books, June 27, 2023), Pearcey takes readers on a fascinating romp through American history to discover how the secular script for masculinity turned toxic—and what action we can take to fix it.'

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'Schools are in urgent need of support to combat alarming rates of sexism, sexual harassment, intimidation and disrespect towards women and girls in Australian schools.

Our ongoing research project on the radicalisation of boys in Australian schools by misogynist influencers has so far revealed troubling insights into the spread of toxic attitudes and behaviour among boys.

The behaviour is overt, it is widespread, and it is impacting women and girls in schools.

UK schools have received advice from the Department for Education (DfE) to discourage discussion of Tate and the DfE is refusing further support for schools.

In Australia, the same behaviour is being widely experienced by teachers across both the public and independent systems and in primary and secondary settings.

This trend is being widely underreported and acknowledged, which further isolates women in schools grappling with boys' problematic behaviour.'

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'Leiden university has resolved a long-running dispute over where to hang a painting of “cigar smoking old white men” by moving it to a more public space in the university building.

The work, which depicts the 1974 university board, has been at the centre of a row over its relevance which has rumbled on since November last year.

It was removed after a number of female staff objected to its presence in a staff meeting room, because it represented male dominance and depicted smoking. ‘I hate the smoke, even if it’s only painted,’ law dean Joanna van der Leun said at the time.

The move divided staff, with some saying artist Rein Dool’s portrayal of the men mocks their self-importance, while others sided with Van der Leun.

Artist Rein Dool called the university’s action “stupid and sad” and said the painting was one of his best works.

The painting was then restored to its former place and a committee set up to determine its future home.

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'A Pennsylvania woman pushed her estranged boyfriend to kill himself with a series of vicious texts and shameless video of her having sex with another man, prosecutors alleged Tuesday.

Mandie Reusch, 35, was charged in the twisted case that started two years ago when Kevin Metzger committed suicide after he received “heinous and graphic” messages from her, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office.

Metzger penned a suicide letter and posted on Facebook about the steady stream of tormenting messages before he took his own life at the age of 37, District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli said in a statement.

“Mr. Metzger may still be here today if those messages did not influence and encourage him to take his own life,” she said in a statement.

The former couple shared a child, according to reports.

Reusch repeatedly threatened to keep his child from him, according to court documents reviewed by the pennlive.com.'

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'Every June, we celebrate fathers. But it is a sad and bewildering time for those fathers who are alienated from their children due to a pathological family process known as parental alienation (PA). Millions of fathers are alienated from their children, reaching epidemic proportions. The tragic plights of these alienated fathers have rarely been covered and discussed in the mainstream media.

Recently, Josh Homme of Iron Dragons was featured in People magazine, where he revealed that he is an alienated father. According to the story, Josh was kept away away from his four children for years in a custody battle with his ex-wife, causing him great pain and despondency.

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'Gov. Mike Parson could soon make Missouri one of the first states to establish 50/50 shared parenting time as the standard in child custody cases.

But the bill on his desk, passed in the final hour of the legislative session, did not include changes that some family law attorneys and domestic violence advocates worked on for months — and has raised concerns that it could make it more difficult for victims to escape abusive relationships and protect their children.

Joan Meier, who founded and directs the National Family Violence Law Center at George Washington University, said the 50/50 legislation could put children at risk and relies on a false premise that there is a bias against men in family court.

“We oppose these statutes because all they do is make things worse for children,” Meier said. “Because even without these statutes, things are extremely bad for children.”'

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'In a surprise move, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has recommended that Adm. Samuel Paparo become the Navy’s highest-ranking officer instead of a woman widely believed to have been the front-runner, several senior defense officials said.

Adm. Lisa Franchetti had been considered the leading contender for the chief’s job since becoming the vice chief of naval operations, the No. 2 officer in the Navy, last fall. She would have been the first female service member to hold the job and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A woman is running the Coast Guard, but she is not a member of the Joint Chiefs.

Paparo, the commander of Pacific Fleet, was expected to become the next commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, as is common. He is one of the top operational leaders in the Navy facing the challenges against China and was expected to bring his expertise to Indo-Pacific Command at a time when China is a top Biden administration priority.

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'On the 75th anniversary of women being allowed to serve as equal members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bill 4555 establishing Women Veterans Recognition Day on June 12 in Michigan.

Women Veterans Recognition Day honors Michigan’s estimated 44,000 living women veterans and the many more who served before them.

“For 250 years, women have proudly served alongside men in our military,” said Governor Whitmer. “For too long, however, they have been overlooked and underserved. Today, I am taking action to establish Women Veterans Recognition Day in Michigan, giving these courageous servicewomen the recognition and honor they have long deserved. Millions of women have put their lives on the line to serve our country and it’s our responsibility to connect them with critical resources like healthcare, mental health services, and affordable housing when they leave the service. Let’s keep working together to honor our women veterans and service members.”'

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'Two-thirds of British employees believe women make better bosses than men, a survey reveals.

Female leaders were perceived as excelling men in key leadership areas such as multi-tasking and organisational skills, while 83 per cent of employees viewed female bosses as more empathetic.

A further 74 per cent viewed female bosses as having a more collaborative leadership style, with 69 per cent believing that women were more approachable and supportive in the workplace.

More than four-fifths of employees thought female bosses were better at fostering a positive work environment than men.

The only area where men were perceived as better than women was in relation to ‘innovative solutions’, with 54 per cent of respondents choosing men as more effective.'

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'Almost nine out of 10 people hold “fundamental biases” against women, a new UN report has found, decrying a “decade of stagnation” that has led to a dismantling of women’s rights in many parts of the world.

Half of people globally still believe men make better political leaders than women; more than 40% believe men make better business executives than women; and 25% believe it is justified for a man to beat his wife, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report released Monday found, reflecting the latest data from the World Values Survey.

These biases manifest in numerous ways, such as in an underrepresentation of women in leadership. In the labor market, women occupy less than a third of managerial positions, while the picture remains grim at the highest level of leadership: The share of women as heads of state or heads of government has remained around 10% since 1995, the report finds.

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'A biological female turned trans man went viral this week after posting an emotional video about the loneliness of being a man.

"Nobody told me how lonely being a man is," the influencer claimed in the two-minute video discussing having more friends when identifying as a woman.

The subject also discussed why the male suicide rate is higher than in women.

The video was first published to Instagram by James Barnes, a motivational speaker, stress management coach, and social media influencer who claimed to have transitioned from being a woman to a man eight years ago.

Barnes, who goes by "thetranscoach" on the platform, opened up about the struggles of living as a man in the clip that was shared Thursday.

Specifically, the user lamented that life as a man is much lonelier than life as a woman.'

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'A healthy masculinity acknowledges three things. First, men are distinct from women. Second, men have something essential to contribute, both to females and to society at large. And third, men can make this contribution effectively only through the cultivation of character. Unfortunately, modern culture undermines all three. As a result, there has been a rise in the popularity of a reactionary or “macho” masculinity, which fills the vacuum of hollowed-out masculinity with something harmful.

Men have been deemed not only indistinct from women but inessential to them. Gloria Steinem quipped that “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Over the past 50 years, the marriage rate in the United States has declined significantly, which helps explain why nearly 40 percent of babies are now born out of wedlock. Nearly 70 percent of divorces are initiated by women. Roughly 80 percent of single-parent households are fatherless.'

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'Today’s episode is about the state of men in America. Last week, the nonprofit institute Equimundo published a report on the state of men and boys in America: “Many men—especially younger men—are socially disconnected, pessimistic about the future, and turning to online anger,” it wrote. “They are facing higher rates of depressive symptoms, suicidal thoughts, and a sense of isolation, as seen in the agreement of 65 percent that ‘no one really knows me well.’” One survey is one survey.

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'Almost one in three state funded primary schools do not have any male classroom teachers, a study suggests.

Rutland in the East Midlands has the highest proportion of primary schools without any male teachers - 52.9%.

The Warwick Business School report says the proportion of schools without a male classroom teacher has increased over the last 12 months.

The report's author said they believed a lack of male teachers was bad for pupils.

Dr Joshua Fullard, assistant professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School, said: "Worryingly, the decline in the number of male classroom teachers is getting worse.

"This has an impact on the education that children receive. There is a large body of research that shows students benefit from being educated by a teacher with certain similarities to them.'