Examining Misandry
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 10:30AM 
With special guests:
- Dr. Paul Nathanson and Dr. Katherine Young
- Simon Hunt and
- Sure Price.
Dr. Paul Nathanson and Dr. Katherine Young are the authors of two very important books that uncover the underlying contempt for men and boys in our culture today. Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture and Legalizing Misandry: From Public Shame to Systemic Discrimination Against Men.
Nathanson and Young ask, what happens in a society that not only fails to acknowledge the entry into manhood but also - and this is even more important - refuses to provide an acceptable view of manhood in the first place? The social-scientific evidence looks very grim, most obviously (but not only) the statistics on male suicide and boys dropping out of school. What’s going on? These are symptoms, they suggest, of a much deeper problem. By and large, people are either unaware of this problem or unwilling to do something about it. In that sense, it is analogous to what Betty Friedan called women’s “disease with no name.” But it has a name now: misandry. What’s so special about these academics is that they’ve dared to raise the topic of misandry within a university culture that’s saturated with ideological feminism.
Simon Hunt, from Parents Against Institutionalised Child Abuse. A unique voice in the Australian Fatherhood movement by dint of refusing to shut up. Hunt has distilled the problems with the Family Law system down to one key issue: equal time parenting after separation - the solution that removes the problem.
Sue Price, from the Men’s Rights Agency, talking about the bizarre news that the Child Support Agency has been given an award for it’s work in the area of suicide prevention!