The trouble is too many toy trucks and tea sets
It’s odd how it seems to be OK to blame a white woman for the threat of male Muslim violence...
Take away the toy trucks and tea sets! Gemma Hamilton, The Conversation on ABC online, July 30:
People who support rigid gender roles and relations are more likely to endorse attitudes that justify … violence against women … Not all boys who play with trucks are going to end up violent. But traditional masculine gender roles … are associated with men’s violence against women … The Everyday Q&A page offers practical tips for how parents can challenge rigid gender stereotypes … For example, … when children might say, “tea sets are for girls”, the campaign suggests … (saying) “I can see why you think that, but don’t you think it would be great if we could all play with whatever we want? How about you pick any toy you want?”
Too many tea sets? Olivia Caisley, The Australian, July 28:
Lauren Southern … was prevented from filming outside Lakemba mosque in Sydney’s west. In a heated exchange with NSW Police, Southern argued she should be allowed to walk past the mosque but was asked by Inspector Rick Agius “not to attend there”. “I have a fear that you may create an imminent breach of the peace and you may also commit an offence,” he said. When asked if she understood the police instructions, she said “as far as I’m concerned you have sharia law here” … Victoria Police is reportedly charging (her $67,000 for their uninvited presence at her event last week).
What African gangs? Waleed Aly, The Project, Network Ten, July 19:
I have lived in Melbourne and the only place I have heard concerns about Sudanese gangs is on talkback radio … If there really are a bunch of African gangs, frankly I am offended to not have at least been asked to join one …
Too many toy trucks? Sue Neales, The Australian, July 30:
A schoolboy’s alcohol-free 16th birthday celebration is the latest in a string of recent Melbourne parties to be terrorised by men of African appearance, leaving schoolgirls screaming … and a hired female security guard with a bloodied face … Last week, Pakenham teenager Laa Chol, 19, was killed when a party in a Melbourne CBD high-rise apartment rented by a group of young African-Australians was invaded by a rival Sudanese gang. Early this month, a Hawthorn East home was trashed and an elderly neighbour assaulted after the house was rented by African youths … It followed similar … violent parties … in Malvern, Footscray, Tarneit, North Melbourne and Werribee in the previous six months.
It’s OK to be white? SBS, July 13:
Canadian … activist Lauren Southern arrived in Brisbane ahead of her speaking tour, and she didn’t take long to stir up controversy. Sporting a T-shirt with “it’s OK to be white” … emblazoned on the front …
It’s not OK to be white. Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, July 27:
(Actress) Anne Hathaway … has urged white people to ask “how decent are we really” after a black teenager was killed in California … Officials said it was unclear if the incident was racially motivated. Hathaway wrote: “(Wilson’s death) is unspeakable and must not be met with silence … She was a black woman … murdered in cold blood by a white man. White people — including me, including you — must take into the marrow of our privileged bones the truth that all black people fear for their lives daily in America and have done so for generations. We must ask our (white) selves — how ‘decent’ are we really? Not in our intent, but in our actions? In our lack of action?”