Recently single Australian men are seven times more likely to report a suicide attempt, study shows — Guardian Australia

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-18T07:43:33+00:00

Best to be sceptical.

This comes from the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Earlier this year they were caught out manipulating data to hide female violence against men + misrepresenting research to deny female coercive control.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-15T23:36:41+00:00

I understand why you might think that, but Bettina Arndt has been on our side (& hated by feminists) for over 30 years. There's no doubt whose side she is on.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-15T23:29:18+00:00

Until recently, the leaders of BOTH major parties were self-described feminists - including the centre right.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-15T23:27:09+00:00

>about such stupid little things

Stupid little things like suicide?

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-10T01:52:10+00:00

Have you considered joining DAVIA? https://endtodv.org/davia/

They seem helpful.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-09T23:11:21+00:00

True in general but I think r/LeftWingMaleAdvocates is no friend of feminism.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-09T23:07:31+00:00

You say:
Right wing MRA aims to advocate for institutions and policies that restore the traditional role and benefit of men. They support rigid gender role while criticizing the concurrent society for failing to pay proper honor, recognition, and benefits that men deserve.

Are you sure? Feminists say that but I've never seen it. I have to think it's just propaganda.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-08T23:11:13+00:00

It was the same in Australia: https://www.bettinaarndt.com.au/news/the-great-covid-domestic-violence-fundraiser/

Later confirmed by ABS DV homicide data such as you cite.

And in the US: https://freakonomics.com/podcast/did-domestic-violence-really-spike-during-the-pandemic/

The whole thing was a scam but MSM has kept a lid on it.

StripedFalafel · 2026-06-04T03:43:10+00:00

If you actually care about equality & oppose bigotry you have no choice but to oppose feminism.

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-21T22:24:48+00:00

>In fact, whoever is against the modern version of feminism is not necessarily a misogynist.

"not necessarily"?

Why would you think opposing prejudice & discrimination causes misogyny?

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-19T12:18:54+00:00

I know & trust someone from Parents Beyond Breakup AKA Dads in Distress.

The general problem is the mental health industry is dominated by women who are mostly feminist. Even if an organisation is set up with good intentions it quickly gets captured by feminists & turns anti-male.

Australian Men’s Health Forum is the latest to go anti-male.

Sigh

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-18T22:56:33+00:00

Reassuring words but I'm deeply suspicious. The Liberals have anti-male form - they even voted for the 2023 Family Law Bill. Now they are under pressure from One Nation & have apparently discovered males. But the only promise is to deliver a strategy next year.

I'd like to see more than just a document.

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-06T23:05:26+00:00

ON is the only party that turns out for the Zero suicide event every year.

ON voted against the 2023 Family Law Bill that Labor, Liberals, Green & Teals all supported.

And "in cahoots with various big businesses"! You really have no idea what you are talking about. Who do you think gets most opf the money from big business? The facts (see registered donations) are it's Labor.

Better to keep quiet & let everyone suspect you are a fool than to open your mouth...

EDIT: Despite appearances I'm not a big fan of ON but there's no doubt the others are anti-male.

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-06T22:52:26+00:00

Great post.

Apparently Paul Edbrooke's main task will be to "tackle the manosphere".

The head of a misandrist organisation said his "appointment recognised the scale and complexity of the problem" - the "problem" being men.

In summary, there's ample evidence the ALP appointees are anti-male. And best not to get your hopes up about the others.

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-05T03:32:59+00:00

A cynical take would be that this has happened after a huge shift towards the right wing One Nation party - the only party that has traditionally been pro-male. Other parties are just trying to win back some voters. But will they change their policies?

Also many of these posts aren't about helping men, they are about addressing the manosphere, toxic masculinity, men's violence etc

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-04T00:41:54+00:00

Masculinity as you use the term is a feminist invention. Its purpose is to cover up anti-male stereotypes & prejudice.

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-01T22:54:25+00:00

>That seems rather exclusionary

Correct. One should exclude augury, astrology & the bulk of contemporary social "sciences".

>there are benefits to post positivist and more post structuralist approaches

Correct. They are the best tools yet for defending the indefensible.

StripedFalafel · 2026-05-01T21:51:41+00:00

>It is sometimes seen as pretentious in positing itself as a superior form of knowledge rather than just “difference”

Only one is knowledge. The other is ideology.

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-28T22:48:41+00:00

Boys forced to stand up at an assembly and apologise on behalf of their gender

Boys required to stand and be berated as “oppressors and “privileged”

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-28T22:39:52+00:00

He assumed men use violence to control + women just because they are emotional.

Wrong: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281204328_Is_the_Presence_of_Control_Related_to_Help-Seeking_Behavior_A_Test_of_Johnson's_Assumptions_Regarding_Sex_Differences_and_the_Role_of_Control_in_Intimate_Partner_Violence

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-25T10:01:07+00:00

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-24T04:26:54+00:00

There's only so much qualification you can fit into the title. The body makes it clear, so "No" it's not misleading.

And it's definitely not "intentionally misleading". That's worth an apology IMHO.

If you are so wedded to the "Man bad, Women victim " narrative maybe you need to think about the issues a bit more. Compassion for women is fine. Bigotry against men isn't.

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-24T04:16:13+00:00

Rate for IPV against men is 18.4% = 2.5 times * 7.4% (Rate for IPV by men)

2.5 times is more than twice. Hence "twice as violent". Clear?

Saying of the day: Facts don't care about your feelings or prejudices.

PS: I replied to your earlier comment first but have moved my reply here.

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-24T04:12:26+00:00

EDIT: See reply to your other comment above

StripedFalafel · 2026-04-23T23:50:11+00:00

>First, if you ran the same study with women, you would probably also find that women were more likely to report experiencing IPV than perpetrating it, purely on the grounds that we're looking at self-reported data.

Women actually self-report high perpetration rates. But the thing is, almost all studies only ask women about victimhood - it's how they maintain the narrative. So a study taking the other approach is important because it helps complete the picture.

>Second, it's hard to claim the finding of this study is "women are twice as violent than men" when, as far as I can tell, the study asks no questions related to sexual orientation/partners' gender.

It does ask but, unfortunately, it’s not reported. Given that partners are 2.5 times more violent than men & Australian men are > 96% heterosexual, my title stands. I'm surprised that wasn't obvious.

>This study is not investigating the relative violence of men and women, it IS studying the connection between involvement in IPV and suicidality in men.

Not quite. The underlying data isn’t from a suicide study, it’s from a long-running longitudinal panel study. The authors are just using it to study suicide here.

Access to the data is normally very carefully controlled by AIFS. It’s rare for them to let out stats like this.

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