The same thing is happening in relation to ethnicity and religion. Try being someone of British heritage, and see how marginalised you are. To make it much much much worse, try being a British heritage Christian. Automatic exclusion if anyone finds out. Worst of all by far: an older, British heritage, Christian male. Heaven forbid if he is ugly to boot. Put him straight in gaol. No joke. For real.
One that got me was health and age care services. Because of our historical population and immigration profile, people in Australia who are old now are predominantly British heritage, Christian heritage. Old ladies dominate. But the policies being implemented are young woke culture (What is your gender, preferred pronouns?). Their own culture and values are swept aside. On anti-discrimination posters, they are notable by their entire absence.
In fact, the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (the former one, the Thai bloke) told me the Anti-Discrimination Law doesn't apply to discrimination against 'whites' or Christians, only the other way.
Sins of our fathers is a generalised expression, no more. Not aimed at any particular father. The fact is, we recognise today gender bias of previous generations, from rights to vote, to work and so on. And so a distorted retributive attitude is taken on by elements of the current generation. It has become a populist ploy of politicians to maintain and grow their status. Marketing companies have jumped on board, advertising, company boards, you name it! I don’t want to join in the affray of gender haters, that’s their own problem. But I do want to stay informed so that I can call out blatant sexism in advertising, our community, our schools, laws and policies. I’m male and I vote.
Has there been any study done on the connection between the rise of feminist dominance in public service institutions and the significant decline in educational standards over the last 30 years? The fact that females dominate our schools and associated public service departments is likely to be connected to declining standards.
I don't now donate to the Salvos due to their advertising which politicises the charity unnecessarily along the same lines as Stephen. I also find The Sydney Mission's bus advertising offensive for the same reason and do not donate to what previously was an admirable charity that supported homeless men every day. This is all very regrettable.
thanks Jamie for your interesting perspective - good for you for donation of your time. my Red Cross donation is of the blood variety which is due to hit a milestone soon.
I don't think that is true. Back in the day, people like my Mum only cared about equality. She woudl ahve been outraged that the society she helped to create now discriminates against her grandsons. There has been a change, formented and planned by the unversities.
Have a look at the excellent series being produced on YouTube by Janice Fiamengo who is a former English professor and does extensive research. This one is called "Feminism Was Never About Equality- "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s-3WgAo-Gk&t=5s
Well, I don't know your mother or what you mean by "back in the day." What I do know is that, when it came to voting rights, British feminists promoted women's rights but not men's, when it came to domestic violence, feminists opposed even the mention of female violence against males, when it comes to taking responsibility for children, feminists invariably oppose equal parenting time for fathers and wouldn't dream of supporting paternal surrender. I could go on almost indefinitely. The definition of feminism is "more for us" and that's inherently anti-egalitarian.
"Back in the day" means the 1960s. My Mum had to stop work when she got married. In Australia, divorce required a named adulteror - the corespondant. And pay simply was not equal because men were supporting a family. These were the topics that aninmated her. This was all done by the time of Gough Whitlam in 1973.
The problem I have with it is that all my experience, maturity, enthusiasm and commitment is being overlooked in favour of the opposite gender. If this is not discriminatory then I don’t know what is.
It really isn’t a case of competing for the role, as we simply can’t get enough experienced women sailors to pass on skills to the young. To add to the insult, we already run a Woman’s Sailing day event yearly, for novice and interested woman. I assist with that each year, which leads to new memberships. But the truth is, coaching kids in a hostile and dangerous environment requires long-standing skills and experience.
Why do you run a women's sailing day then if the women sailors don't give anything in return? I now make a point of avoiding helping women as a matter of principle. If more men withdrew their voluntary assistance to women then women might start to appreciate the value of men.
Hey Tim, it goes like this............We are Western Caucasian Males (WCMs), the lowest in our current social order. We live in an era of gender retribution. Paying for the Sins of our fathers, perhaps. However, there are women - mothers, partners, sisters, etc - that feel strongly about the sexist injustices, that actually revolt against the current bias. If we support those women, they will speak louder for us. Louder than the minority noisy feminist radicals that seem to catch all the limelight. Bettina does that in a media environment - very risky work! And most politicians don't have the intestinal fortitude to support males. So I say do what you know is right. Simple as that. And dont be afraid to call out any sexist bias as soon as it occurs to you as a male.
I am a woman who has spoken out for men for years now. Exactly like Bettina, I was part of the Revolutions of the 70s. Learned and changed. Respecting and valuing men has 'paid off' highly for me. I find men helpful, good humoured, competent. They build the bridges, roads, sewers, power stations cars. They invented pretty well every single great technology I use every day, and get zero recognition for it. Women (and Aborigines) plagiarize WCM's inventions and contributions shamelessly, ungratefully. I rarely meet women I'd want to marry if I was a man. They are full of very very screwed up ideas about the sexes.
If they do something for me, like speak out against injustice, then I will certainly help them. However, the onus is on them to demonstrate that they are worthy of my help before they get any from me. Similalrly, I won't vote for (or preference) a female politician until I know that she's not an overt or covert feminist. I'm not afraid of calling out sexist bias, and will keep doing it anywhere, anytime, even if women are heartily sick of it and hate me for rubbing their noses in it over and over again. That could make me a target of a false allegation so I proactively tell friends, colleagues and family that if anyone were to make a false allegation against me then I would make an example of them as a matter of principle, no matter the cost to me. The only people entitled to feel threatened by that are those who make false allegations.
Finally, I don't accept that my father sinned. He is a remarkably just and selfless person, a great role model, and a far more compassionate and forgiving person than I am. If he did sin, I am not responsible for his actions, or anyone else's, so their judgement is invalid. They shouldn't concerns themselves with the sins of the fathers; it's the sins of the sons they should worry about because they are storing up immense resentment.
Any time a feminist uses the word "equality" or "equity" just show these statistics. It is so crystal clear that feminism has absolutely nothing to do with any "equality" or "equity" but only with female supremacy. And supremacy based on biology is fascism. Interestingly they know this in case of the supposed "white supremacy" but they are totally in support of female supremacy. Long story short, feminism = fascism. In my view, anyway.
It's no coincidence that over the past few decades, labour productivity growth has been woeful in Australia - a period strongly correlated with the rise of feminist agenda driven women in senior roles in both government and business.
If it wasn't for significant capital investment in technology, a sustained mining boom, and a period of global economic prosperity, the impact of even lower productivity growth would have been flashing warning signs long ago.
Giving feminists positions of political influence and corporate leadership roles is all well and good, but with responsibility comes accountability. Rather than being beneficial to business, we have instead seen cultural upheaval and an adversarial and litigious work environment cultivated by women. Men be damned.
Imposts on business have also risen exponentially over this period, many directly correlated with the demands of women in the workplace, with the transition from ideology to legislation often seamlessly expedited through state and federal parliaments.
Rather than a quantum leap forward in the structure of business and the economy over recent decades, we have instead witnessed the demise of traditional business sectors, and our economy consolidate to a point where structurally, almost 80% of GDP is now derived from the services economy, which is also responsible for 90% of Australian employment. Unsurprisingly, the services economy has ultimately become bloated with roles that appease the demands of the cultural march to the left - roles that are of course filled by women at every level, and add nothing to fundamental business and economic imperatives such as revenue growth, profitability, efficiency and productivity. In many cases, they actually undermine these objectives through the execution of woke ideology.
We are literally setting our economy up to fail in the name of appeasement.
This discrimination is not limited to just current government bureaucrats.
At a recent meeting of my local yacht club members, a call was put out for more sailing coaches. There’s a dire shortage of Saturday morning helpers. I volunteered for the upcoming season.
While I had already been doing this through previous seasons, they do require that a formal accreditation be obtained from the governing sailing sport body, Sailing Australia. There is a long list of short courses with a fee involved for each one. Also I need to have a “Working with Children” certificate (obtained already) and a motor boat license (to drive the rescue boat).
I asked if the club had funds to subsidize these certification costs, they said yes but only for women as money had been granted to the club indirectly from the government for that purpose exclusively.
Yet we cant seem to get enough women down there with the enthusiasm, experience and commitment to help the club.
Can someone tell me why anyone would want to be born MALE in this stultifying, discriminatory environment?
Either way, hardship forges strength if that makes sense. Coal is brittle, has been subject to little pressure and collapses under heavy weight.
Diamonds are made of the same atoms, only ORGANISED in a way that makes them strong, gleaming, resilient and beautiful. Hope this helps. Enjoy the burn!
Hey Bettina, it must be lonely being the only well-known woman in Australia willing to speak up for men. :) My wife works in the coal mining industry and even there she sees unjustified promotions for women and other 'alternative genders', apparently not based on ability or qualifications for the job.
You will be pleased to know I hear from heaps of women who agree with me. But they often are not in a position to speak out. I don't have much to lose anymore. Tell your wife to contact me if she has any good stories or interesting data to share.
I just wanted to say thank you for the work you are doing!
I only discovered your substack after hearing you on a podcast recently and you've certainly opened my eyes to many interesting and surprising topics and facts. And I fear much more for my
Great research and statistics, building up to your powerful point that these women in female dominated "positions of power" (because the public service is that), use that power to impose female domination in other industries.
Meanwhile, some of these same women are also working to find and publicise fake grievances such as "the wage gap", "coercive control", etc.
No man should consider an academic or public service career now, however there won't be an escape in private enterprise, including the trades, for long, as these powerful women are coming for you - and Australia says "We'll give them more money for that".
The same thing is happening in relation to ethnicity and religion. Try being someone of British heritage, and see how marginalised you are. To make it much much much worse, try being a British heritage Christian. Automatic exclusion if anyone finds out. Worst of all by far: an older, British heritage, Christian male. Heaven forbid if he is ugly to boot. Put him straight in gaol. No joke. For real.
One that got me was health and age care services. Because of our historical population and immigration profile, people in Australia who are old now are predominantly British heritage, Christian heritage. Old ladies dominate. But the policies being implemented are young woke culture (What is your gender, preferred pronouns?). Their own culture and values are swept aside. On anti-discrimination posters, they are notable by their entire absence.
In fact, the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (the former one, the Thai bloke) told me the Anti-Discrimination Law doesn't apply to discrimination against 'whites' or Christians, only the other way.
Well put.
Sins of our fathers is a generalised expression, no more. Not aimed at any particular father. The fact is, we recognise today gender bias of previous generations, from rights to vote, to work and so on. And so a distorted retributive attitude is taken on by elements of the current generation. It has become a populist ploy of politicians to maintain and grow their status. Marketing companies have jumped on board, advertising, company boards, you name it! I don’t want to join in the affray of gender haters, that’s their own problem. But I do want to stay informed so that I can call out blatant sexism in advertising, our community, our schools, laws and policies. I’m male and I vote.
Hordes
Has there been any study done on the connection between the rise of feminist dominance in public service institutions and the significant decline in educational standards over the last 30 years? The fact that females dominate our schools and associated public service departments is likely to be connected to declining standards.
Well, it is no doubt part of the story because female teachers have been shown to favour girls and mark them more leniently.
I don't now donate to the Salvos due to their advertising which politicises the charity unnecessarily along the same lines as Stephen. I also find The Sydney Mission's bus advertising offensive for the same reason and do not donate to what previously was an admirable charity that supported homeless men every day. This is all very regrettable.
thanks Jamie for your interesting perspective - good for you for donation of your time. my Red Cross donation is of the blood variety which is due to hit a milestone soon.
Thanks Kay, that's a sad story. I can see why you don't donate and stories such as these, unfortunately, put charities in a poor light.
Feminism has always opposed gender equality. For a short time, a few of them pretended otherwise, but their actions always demonstrated the truth.
I don't think that is true. Back in the day, people like my Mum only cared about equality. She woudl ahve been outraged that the society she helped to create now discriminates against her grandsons. There has been a change, formented and planned by the unversities.
Have a look at the excellent series being produced on YouTube by Janice Fiamengo who is a former English professor and does extensive research. This one is called "Feminism Was Never About Equality- "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s-3WgAo-Gk&t=5s
Well, I don't know your mother or what you mean by "back in the day." What I do know is that, when it came to voting rights, British feminists promoted women's rights but not men's, when it came to domestic violence, feminists opposed even the mention of female violence against males, when it comes to taking responsibility for children, feminists invariably oppose equal parenting time for fathers and wouldn't dream of supporting paternal surrender. I could go on almost indefinitely. The definition of feminism is "more for us" and that's inherently anti-egalitarian.
"Back in the day" means the 1960s. My Mum had to stop work when she got married. In Australia, divorce required a named adulteror - the corespondant. And pay simply was not equal because men were supporting a family. These were the topics that aninmated her. This was all done by the time of Gough Whitlam in 1973.
Very good analysis and insight. Thank you.
The problem I have with it is that all my experience, maturity, enthusiasm and commitment is being overlooked in favour of the opposite gender. If this is not discriminatory then I don’t know what is.
It really isn’t a case of competing for the role, as we simply can’t get enough experienced women sailors to pass on skills to the young. To add to the insult, we already run a Woman’s Sailing day event yearly, for novice and interested woman. I assist with that each year, which leads to new memberships. But the truth is, coaching kids in a hostile and dangerous environment requires long-standing skills and experience.
Why do you run a women's sailing day then if the women sailors don't give anything in return? I now make a point of avoiding helping women as a matter of principle. If more men withdrew their voluntary assistance to women then women might start to appreciate the value of men.
Hey Tim, it goes like this............We are Western Caucasian Males (WCMs), the lowest in our current social order. We live in an era of gender retribution. Paying for the Sins of our fathers, perhaps. However, there are women - mothers, partners, sisters, etc - that feel strongly about the sexist injustices, that actually revolt against the current bias. If we support those women, they will speak louder for us. Louder than the minority noisy feminist radicals that seem to catch all the limelight. Bettina does that in a media environment - very risky work! And most politicians don't have the intestinal fortitude to support males. So I say do what you know is right. Simple as that. And dont be afraid to call out any sexist bias as soon as it occurs to you as a male.
I am a woman who has spoken out for men for years now. Exactly like Bettina, I was part of the Revolutions of the 70s. Learned and changed. Respecting and valuing men has 'paid off' highly for me. I find men helpful, good humoured, competent. They build the bridges, roads, sewers, power stations cars. They invented pretty well every single great technology I use every day, and get zero recognition for it. Women (and Aborigines) plagiarize WCM's inventions and contributions shamelessly, ungratefully. I rarely meet women I'd want to marry if I was a man. They are full of very very screwed up ideas about the sexes.
If they do something for me, like speak out against injustice, then I will certainly help them. However, the onus is on them to demonstrate that they are worthy of my help before they get any from me. Similalrly, I won't vote for (or preference) a female politician until I know that she's not an overt or covert feminist. I'm not afraid of calling out sexist bias, and will keep doing it anywhere, anytime, even if women are heartily sick of it and hate me for rubbing their noses in it over and over again. That could make me a target of a false allegation so I proactively tell friends, colleagues and family that if anyone were to make a false allegation against me then I would make an example of them as a matter of principle, no matter the cost to me. The only people entitled to feel threatened by that are those who make false allegations.
Finally, I don't accept that my father sinned. He is a remarkably just and selfless person, a great role model, and a far more compassionate and forgiving person than I am. If he did sin, I am not responsible for his actions, or anyone else's, so their judgement is invalid. They shouldn't concerns themselves with the sins of the fathers; it's the sins of the sons they should worry about because they are storing up immense resentment.
Any time a feminist uses the word "equality" or "equity" just show these statistics. It is so crystal clear that feminism has absolutely nothing to do with any "equality" or "equity" but only with female supremacy. And supremacy based on biology is fascism. Interestingly they know this in case of the supposed "white supremacy" but they are totally in support of female supremacy. Long story short, feminism = fascism. In my view, anyway.
Summed it up well. Feminism, as the name suggests, is female supremacism.
It's no coincidence that over the past few decades, labour productivity growth has been woeful in Australia - a period strongly correlated with the rise of feminist agenda driven women in senior roles in both government and business.
If it wasn't for significant capital investment in technology, a sustained mining boom, and a period of global economic prosperity, the impact of even lower productivity growth would have been flashing warning signs long ago.
Giving feminists positions of political influence and corporate leadership roles is all well and good, but with responsibility comes accountability. Rather than being beneficial to business, we have instead seen cultural upheaval and an adversarial and litigious work environment cultivated by women. Men be damned.
Imposts on business have also risen exponentially over this period, many directly correlated with the demands of women in the workplace, with the transition from ideology to legislation often seamlessly expedited through state and federal parliaments.
Rather than a quantum leap forward in the structure of business and the economy over recent decades, we have instead witnessed the demise of traditional business sectors, and our economy consolidate to a point where structurally, almost 80% of GDP is now derived from the services economy, which is also responsible for 90% of Australian employment. Unsurprisingly, the services economy has ultimately become bloated with roles that appease the demands of the cultural march to the left - roles that are of course filled by women at every level, and add nothing to fundamental business and economic imperatives such as revenue growth, profitability, efficiency and productivity. In many cases, they actually undermine these objectives through the execution of woke ideology.
We are literally setting our economy up to fail in the name of appeasement.
This discrimination is not limited to just current government bureaucrats.
At a recent meeting of my local yacht club members, a call was put out for more sailing coaches. There’s a dire shortage of Saturday morning helpers. I volunteered for the upcoming season.
While I had already been doing this through previous seasons, they do require that a formal accreditation be obtained from the governing sailing sport body, Sailing Australia. There is a long list of short courses with a fee involved for each one. Also I need to have a “Working with Children” certificate (obtained already) and a motor boat license (to drive the rescue boat).
I asked if the club had funds to subsidize these certification costs, they said yes but only for women as money had been granted to the club indirectly from the government for that purpose exclusively.
Yet we cant seem to get enough women down there with the enthusiasm, experience and commitment to help the club.
Can someone tell me why anyone would want to be born MALE in this stultifying, discriminatory environment?
Steve
Hard times breed strong men. There's an upside
Resilience can be wearing!
And what of our male youth who miss out or left by the side? Why should it be?
I will identify as “female “ if that’s what it takes, and suffer the howls of derision and contempt
It shouldn’t be like this!
Either way, hardship forges strength if that makes sense. Coal is brittle, has been subject to little pressure and collapses under heavy weight.
Diamonds are made of the same atoms, only ORGANISED in a way that makes them strong, gleaming, resilient and beautiful. Hope this helps. Enjoy the burn!
Sailing coaches? That's shocking. This stuff is everywhere!
Steve, How about telling them you identify as a woman and see how they handle that?
Brilliant Clive!
Lol ! Great idea!
When the biological clock ticks in, it's "Where have all the good men gone?"
Hey Bettina, it must be lonely being the only well-known woman in Australia willing to speak up for men. :) My wife works in the coal mining industry and even there she sees unjustified promotions for women and other 'alternative genders', apparently not based on ability or qualifications for the job.
You will be pleased to know I hear from heaps of women who agree with me. But they often are not in a position to speak out. I don't have much to lose anymore. Tell your wife to contact me if she has any good stories or interesting data to share.
I just wanted to say thank you for the work you are doing!
I only discovered your substack after hearing you on a podcast recently and you've certainly opened my eyes to many interesting and surprising topics and facts. And I fear much more for my
son than myself.
Yes, we all have good reason to fear for our sons.
Great research and statistics, building up to your powerful point that these women in female dominated "positions of power" (because the public service is that), use that power to impose female domination in other industries.
Meanwhile, some of these same women are also working to find and publicise fake grievances such as "the wage gap", "coercive control", etc.
No man should consider an academic or public service career now, however there won't be an escape in private enterprise, including the trades, for long, as these powerful women are coming for you - and Australia says "We'll give them more money for that".
Indeed!