Positive role models take on tough topics in new app for young men

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'Last week I attended the launch of Ask A Mate, an app developed by Brisbane domestic violence charity Beyond DV. It’s a tool for young men aged between 13 and 18 to access advice on topics such as relationships, gender, sex, consent, and domestic and sexual violence – delivered by people they look up to. Think AFL stars and bass players.

Beyond DV founder Carolyn Robinson came up with the concept in 2022 in response to the spread of dangerous online content influencing young men.

“That was really my whole reason for doing this, [to provide young men] with an alternative to Andrew Tate,” she says. The brutal murder of Sydney coach Lilie James by her former partner in 2023 was another reason to see the project through.'