UNION STOPS WOMAN SCREENING WOMAN'S FILM. SAYS BAD FOR WOMEN

The Red Pill is a documentary filmed by a woman about men who feel they are now bullied by the gender warriors. The reaction to it suggests they are right. Sydney University's student union has now defunded a student screening, falsely claiming the film promotes violence against women. One of the film's (female) producers responds.

The Red Pill

The Red Pill is a documentary filmed by a woman about men who feel they are now bullied by the gender warriors. The reaction to it suggests they are right. 

Sydney University's student union has now defunded a student screening, falsely claiming the film promotes violence against women. 

A blog reader responds:

My name is Renee Gorman and I have been organising a screening of the film 'The Red Pill' on Sydney University campus. A few days ago the USU (university of sydney union) contacted me and the clubs involved to say they are banning us from using any union facilities; essentially they are trying to shut us down.

Predictably this has been spread by the media. Miranda Devine wrote a short piece on in the Telegraph and triple J contacted me for comment. The triple J interview resulted in an article with a response from USU saying our event is inciting sexual violence on campus:

Nena Jaye one of the producers of the film has actually commented on this article stating:

"As one of the female producers of The Red Pill, I find USU Honorary Secretary Shannen Potter's statement that 'some of the content in the film is to the point where it's physically threatening for women on practice. There's an implied threat of sexual assault', is not based on any actual content of our film and her remarks are defamatory. My jaw dropped when I read her statement as there certainly is no promotion or discussion of sexual violence against women. The film does briefly discuss a young underaged man who was sexually assaulted by his teacher, but that is it. Our first film, Daddy I Do (2010) which was supported and praised by feminists, women's groups and Planned Parenthood, did look at this most serious issue. Based on her statement, it is highly debatable she had ever watched The Red Pill.

"This film is a compassionate look at the very real and difficult issues men and boys face within our society today. To continue to label our film with ridiculous rubbish such as "anti-women" or promoting "sexual violence" is willful and intentional slander."

I find it very insulting that USU are accusing me of promoting sexual violence on campus. I also feel they have not engaged in any form of discussion with us as they did not contact us before trying to shut us down. And have not replied to any of my emails, rather they continue to make outlandish remarks without any reference to the actual content of the film.

I interviewed the film's director:

UPDATE

Reader Robert:

I'm one of the organisers of the original Brisbane screening.  This was the third Australian screening and the first outside of Melbourne.  We kept the venue secret to avoid the feminist establishment harassing the venue staff and trying to get the screening shut down.  We had a successful screening thanks to the precautions we took.

All this over one documentary.  We're running an entire conference on the Gold Coast, June 9-11 2017.  Cassie Jaye will be present and we will be having a screening of The Red Pill.

Third International Conference on Men's Issues.

http://icmi.info.