Women's Forum Australia

Porn not only fuels violence against women and girls, it fuels the objectification that can lead them to want to escape womanhood, and the fetishisation of womanhood that can lead men to want to be them 🏳️⚧️⚠️ 🔗 See this excellent piece by Genevieve Gluck for more about the link between porn and transgenderism: https://lnkd.in/gFP-vEKH 🎥 Clip from CPAC Australia 2023.

HAVE YOUR SAY on the NSW inquiry into the harmful impacts of pornography by THIS FRIDAY, 1 November 2024. 🔗 Read the terms of reference, then make a submission or complete the online questionnaire: https://lnkd.in/g9PSRB73 #NSWpol

“But like the female teachers and students, the boys in question are also victims of an insidious, predatory, multi-billion-dollar industry…This is something that therefore requires collective responsibility and a collective response.” Our CEO Rachael Wong on the increased sexual harassment of female teachers and students by porn-fuelled boys in Australian schools. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gg35y9JB

🚨 Female teachers and students in Australia are facing a horrifying rise in harmful sexual behaviour by porn-fuelled boys according to Collective Shout and The Australian, including by kids as young as FIVE. Who else thinks porn is one of the single greatest scourges on our society? 🙋🏻♀️

🚨 At least 1 in 3 scenes depicts sexual violence against women, according to a 2020 study. Children are being exposed to it at increasingly younger ages, and it's contributing to our boys having negative attitudes towards girls. However, it is not their fault. The blame lies squarely with the producers, those who make it accessible, and their parents/guardians who fail to protect them from it. 💡 We need a collective effort from parents, schools, the community and the government to tackle the scourge of pornography. 💡 Parents need to educate their kids and monitor and restrict what their kids can access. 💡 Schools and the community also need to educate and create a culture where porn is viewed as the obscenity it is. 💡 The Government should be bringing in heavy penalties to websites and hosts that make pornography easily accessible. ⚠️ This is not just a moral issue, it's a safety issue. The porn industry makes billions of dollars from the abuse and exploitation of primarily women and children every year. We might not be able to get rid of porn altogether but our society should be one that condemns it rather than normalises it. 🔗 https://archive.md/IFtW0

Queensland's state election is TOMORROW. See where MPs and parties stood on Queensland's sex self-ID bill, which was passed last year, erasing women's and girls' sex-based rights to female-only spaces, services and sports. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gXSZx3Za #NoToSelfID #WeWillNotForget #QLDpol

Italy has banned overseas commercial surrogacy 👏👏👏 Thank you Giorgia Meloni for your strong stand against the exploitation and commodification of women and children. #StopSurrogacyNow

‼️ BOOKMARK THIS ‼️ These are the NSW MPs who voted for/against Alex Greenwich’s “Equality” Bill, including sex self-ID, which allows men to legally self-ID as women, erasing female-only spaces & more. 🔗 PDF link in this piece: https://lnkd.in/gf4gDygR #WeWillNotForget #NSWpol

“It makes it easier for men who identify as women to access these spaces and harder, if not impossible, for women to challenge them doing so.” Our CEO Rachael Wong on the erasure of women’s sex-based rights in NSW. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gaiK7f_e #NoToSelfID #ThisIsNotEquality #NSWpol

Which leaders will join Liberals WA Opposition Leader Libby Mettam in pledging to repeal self-ID laws, which jeopardise safety, privacy, dignity & fairness for women and girls? #wapol #nswpol #ntpol #actpol #springst #qldpol #saparli #politas #auspol #NoToSelfID