Category: Workforce Discrimination

From the manosphere to tradwives – why are young women embracing traditional gender roles? | The Conversation

[R]ecent signs suggest young adults may once again be embracing the idea that men should be dominant, while women play a supporting role.

Our research explored a concept called benevolent sexism – a set of patronising attitudes that appear positive while reinforcing women’s subordinate status.

This type of sexism is “benevolent” because it offers praise and protection to women who support traditional gender roles, while protecting patriarchal dominance as the status quo.

Our research, not yet peer reviewed, looked at two aspects of benevolent sexism.

1. Protective paternalism (“paternalism”): the belief that women need men’s protection

2. Complementary gender differentiation (“gendered roles”): the belief that men are naturally providers and protectors and women are naturally best suited to looking after home and family.

In the 2010 cohort, 57% of women disagreed with gendered roles, compared to 43% in 2024. In the intervening years, the dial shifted from “no” to “yes”.

In my 2010 focus groups, many young Australian women believed their male partners would be unlikely to share household and caring duties with them. As a result, they (reluctantly) expected to give up or reduce investment in their careers once they were partnered and had children.

Why do young women seem to expect even more conservative outcomes in their relationships 14 years later?

Some insight may be gained from two online trends that actively promote a return to traditional gender roles: the manosphere and the tradwives movement.

Denizens of the manosphere are loud and aggressive in expressing their criticisms of women.

One criticism has been gaining prominence: that men’s wellbeing is suffering as a result of women becoming more independent.

Misusing ideas from evolutionary psychology, the manosphere promotes the view that women and men are “naturally” suited to different roles.

The female equivalent to the manosphere is a collection of online female influencers. Many of these are “tradwives”, short for traditional wives.

Tradwives mirror the ideals of the manosphere, encouraging women to focus solely on looking after the home, the man and the family.

A key message of the tradwives movement is that “having it all” is too hard and women should allow themselves the freedom to focus on home and family.

This may appeal to young women feeling pressured to achieve in a world where the system is stacked against them.

But in romanticising the homemaker role, the tradwives movement wilfully ignores the risks in these traditional arrangements for women. One such risk is women who are financially dependent on their partners may find it harder to leave abusive relationships.

Source: From the manosphere to tradwives – why are young women embracing traditional gender roles?

How long before UK Jobcentres move from encouraging unemployed women into OnlyFans to mandating it? | Nordic Model Now!

UK job centres are encouraging OnlyFans as self-employment for unemployed women, while stories emerge of male job coaches seeking free access to their ‘content’.

OnlyFans is seen as a bit of a joke and no big deal, partly because, unlike Pornhub, the name allows us to gloss over the true nature of the site’s content. In the Jobcentre, as in life, there is profound lack of understanding of what these sites truly entail, the dynamics involved in making money from them, who drives the profits and who pays the price. For clarity, OnlyFans is a site of primarily pornographic content. Not exclusively but, as its doomed 2021 attempt to shut down sexualised content demonstrated, it is young naked female bodies that keep the site profitable.

[N]ot only does an OnlyFans creator have to pay subscriptions for her own potential exploitation, and possibly fees to a third party acting as a pimp or procurer, she is then required to pay tax on her income for no discernible benefits. That’s a lot of people making money from a so-called employment situation that can’t and won’t protect creators from exploitation that occurs within it.

What is most outrageous is the fact that the DWP regards prostitution as a legitimate career path. In society, the narrative being pushed is that OnlyFans is sexy, fun and empowering. In the DWP, the narrative is that it’s authentic self-employment.

If a Work Coach mandates a claimant to apply for a job and the claimant fails to do so, it is very much within the Work Coach’s purview to nominate that claimant for a sanction on their monthly benefit payment. This sanction is very often a reduction to zero, meaning that the claimant is left with no money to cover essential expenses for the month. So, what becomes of the woman who struggles to find a job but won’t accept sexual exploitation as an alternative? Her benefit will be reduced and she’ll be edged further into poverty. What if she encounters a vindictive Work Coach who seeks to make an example of her for not providing him with ongoing free content? Likely the same.

Right now, in the DWP, sexual exploitation is being reframed as an employment issue. People should know about this and we should fight against it.

Source: How long before UK Jobcentres move from encouraging unemployed women into OnlyFans to mandating it? | Nordic Model Now!

Nine officers at Charing Cross Police station suspended after allegations of ‘criminality and misconduct’ | EveningStandard

Nine Metropolitan Police officers have been suspended over allegations including excessive use of force and misogyny, it has emerged.

The suspensions stem from a BBC investigation, in which a reporter obtained a job as a civilian detention worker in the custody suite at Charing Cross police station.

Accusations, which will feature in an upcoming Panorama documentary, include excessive use of force, discriminatory and misogynistic comments, and failing to report or challenge inappropriate behaviour, the police watchdog has said.

The officers being investigated range in rank from police constable to sergeant, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said.

Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said: “As a result of information received on 9 September 2025, enquiries were immediately launched by our Directorate of Professional Standards into allegations of criminality and misconduct by officers and staff based at Charing Cross Police Station

“The behaviour as reported is disgraceful and nine officers were suspended within 24 hours of the allegations being assessed and another two officers have been removed from frontline duties.

Charing Cross police station has previously come under fire after a 2022 report by the IOPC revealed officers had exchanged highly offensive messages, including repeated jokes about rape, domestic violence and violent racism as well as homophobic language and derogatory terms for disabled people.

Source: Nine officers at Charing Cross Police station suspended after allegations of ‘criminality and misconduct’

THIS IS HOW MEN KEEP WIFE SLAVES: MAN DEVALUES WOMEN’S LABOR SAYS IT’S EASY TO TAKE CARE OF 6 KIDS – YouTube

Male Supremacists Have Activated in Over 60 Countries | Into the Badlands

Male supremacists are rearing their ugly heads in governments across the world, with the goal of suppressing as many female populations as possible. We must be prepared to confront the biggest assault on female autonomy, liberation, and self-determination we’ve ever seen in recent times.

I’ve compiled a list of recent sexist phenomena tied to males in positions of power. . .

[Ed: Lengthy list of countries follows with links to news of assaults on women’s rights.]

So here’s what we have to do:

[Ed: please access original article at link below for details].

Organize Our Communities

Create Strong Support Networks

Connect With Female Professionals

Practice Female Separatism

Reduce Contact With Males

Withdraw From Co-Ed Spaces

Create Our Own Organizations

It’s important to remember that males are separatists. They share wealth, power, and control with one another. We should do the same. There is no reason for us to continue giving what we will inevitably, never get back.

[Ed: Unfortunately male supremacists are at least one step ahead of us and have legislated gender identity ideology to make many of these activities unlawful.]

Source: Male Supremacists Have Activated in Over 60 Countries

Data reveals worst sectors for gender pay inequality in Australia | Australian economy | The Guardian

Major new research has found that men are paid more than women in 98% of occupations, with female workers in Australia typically paid 70 cents for every $1 earned by their male colleague after a decade in work.

The report also showed that gender segregation in Australian workplaces was proving stubborn to shift: in about seven in 10 occupations there had been no progress on gender balance in 15 years.

The 30% average pay gap across workplaces identified in Jobs and Skills Australia’s new report stretches to nearly 40% for First Nations women.

Experts blame the persistent gender pay gap in large part on the “motherhood penalty” – the phenomenon where Australian women’s earnings drop by 55% in the five years after having their first child.

A higher likelihood of returning to part-time rather than full-time work, and missed opportunities for promotion during time away, mean that penalty is only slightly improved 10 years after giving birth.

More gender-balanced occupations tended to have more equal pay, but the research revealed these jobs were in a minority: only one in five Australian workers were in occupations with a relatively equal mix of men and women.

Ambulance officers and paramedics, dentists, and barristers were roles that had become less male-dominated, while vets and school principals had moved from gender parity to moderately higher shares of women.

But gender segregation was most acute in lower-skilled occupations, where there had been little change in the mix of men and women in a decade-and-a-half.

While no occupation showed meaningfully higher pay for women over men, the report found that occupational pay gaps widen to be at their worst among the most segregated occupations – regardless of whether they were male- or female-dominated.

Female registered nurses, for example, were paid $89,720 on average, or 21% less than the $114,420 typically paid to their male peers. That’s despite women accounting for 90% of that workforce and only working 10% fewer hours.

Even in the case of childcare – where almost the entire workforce were women – men were typically paid 14% more: $56,240, versus $48,340, according to the JSA’s analysis of Australian Taxation Office data.

Source: Data reveals worst sectors for gender pay inequality in Australia | Australian economy | The Guardian

Four Corners fallout: speak up about medical workplace abuse or be complicit | InSight+

In response to the ABC’s Four Corners recent airing of God Complex, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons issued a public statement concluding: “While the vast majority of surgeons are dedicated professionals who make a substantial contribution to patients and their communities, we recognise that unacceptable behaviour by a minority can have serious consequences for individuals and for trust in the profession”.

God Complex brought into sharp focus what the medical profession has been grappling with for a very long time. Hierarchical abuse is unlawful, harmful to patients, staff, students and the community — and a colossal waste of the health system’s scarce resources.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA), the Australian Salaried Medical Officers Federation (ASMOF), Medical Deans of medical schools, colleges, medical indemnity organisations, movements like A Better Culture and Civility Saves Lives, as well as many other dedicated clinicians (here, here, here, here, here) have relentlessly pushed for change and have implemented many worthwhile initiatives to eliminate unlawful bullying, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism in medicine. Despite this concerted effort, annual medical training surveys conducted by the Medical Board have documented intractable medical workplace abuse of doctors in training, mainly perpetrated by senior doctors over the last six years.

Source: Four Corners fallout: speak up about medical workplace abuse or be complicit | InSight+

Lindsey Smith, R (on the application of) v The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police – [2025] EWHC 1805 (Admin)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

LEEDS COMBINED COURT CENTRE

Date: 16/07/2025

Before :

MR JUSTICE LINDEN

1. This is a claim for judicial review of the decision of the Defendant to authorise officers of the Northumbria Police Force (“the Force”) actively to participate in the “Newcastle Pride in the City 2024” event (“the 2024 Event”) on 20 July 2024, in which she also participated. Permission was granted by Hill J on 23 May 2025. She also ordered that the hearing of the Claim be expedited so that, if possible, a judgment would be promulgated before “Newcastle Pride in the City 2025” which is due to take place on the weekend of 19/20 July 2025 (“the 2025 Event”).

2. The Claimant describes herself as a lesbian who is “gender critical”. She believes that a person’s sex is an immutable characteristic and that “gender ideology”, which recognises a person’s gender identity, is “wrong and dangerous”. Her evidence is that gender ideology has been embraced by the organisers of the Event, Northern Pride Events Limited (“Northern Pride”), and was supported by many of the participants in the Event, who also strongly oppose gender critical beliefs. She entirely accepts that it was necessary for the Event to be policed, but she objects to what she sees as the Force and/or members of the Force associating themselves with the views of supporters of gender ideology and transgender activists by actively participating in the Event.

……….

Decision

. . .

[I]t is not hard to imagine circumstances in which the officers in question might be called on to deal with a clash between gender critical people and supporters of gender ideology, and therefore situations where the former had cause for concern as to whether they were being dealt with impartially. The Claimant gives the example of allegations of harassment and counter harassment on social media and, of course, harassment can take other forms as Professor Stock would no doubt agree. By way of other examples of situations in which the police might be required to deal with a clash between the competing perspectives, there might be an issue for the Force as to whether gender critical people should themselves be permitted to demonstrate and, if so, where and when. There might be an attempted counter demonstration by gender critical people which required the police to deal with it. There might be an attempt to eject a gender critical person from the March. In all of these cases, the fact that the officers had publicly stated their support for transgender rights by taking part in the 2024 March would be likely to give the impression that they may not deal with the matter fairly and impartially.

When one adds the fact that the Force’s static display, staffed by police officers, was adorned with the Progress Flag and included the Northumbria Police badge and the blue, pink and white of the transgender flag as part of the same display, the impression that there was an expression of institutional support for gender ideology and transgender rights is enhanced further. Similarly, the fact that a police van, which might have been used for law enforcement purposes, was also painted or marked prominently with transgender colours served to add to the impression that the Force as a whole was associating itself with a particular viewpoint and, as far as gender critical people were concerned, taking sides.

. . .

I therefore allow the Claim and will make an appropriate declaration accordingly.

Source: Lindsey Smith, R (on the application of) v The Chief Constable of Northumbria Police – Find Case Law – The National Archives

French court convicts ex-Ubisoft executives over culture of workplace harassment | France 24

A court near Paris has found a former Ubisoft [the publisher of Assassin’s Creed and Far Cry] executive guilty of attempted sexual assault and handed suspended jail terms to two other former executives for allowing a toxic environment of harassment to prosper at the French gaming giant.

 A French court sentenced three former Ubisoft executives on Wednesday to suspended prison terms for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassment at the gaming giant.

Thomas François, a former editorial vice president who was also convicted on a charge of attempted sexual assault, was handed a suspended three-year term, while former chief creative officer Serge Hascoet was given an 18-month suspended sentence.

Former games director Guillaume Patrux received a 12-month suspended sentence.

Source: French court convicts ex-Ubisoft executives over culture of workplace harassment; https://www.france24.com/en/20200714-metoo-fallout-at-french-video-game-company-ubisoft-could-signal-industry-shift

 

Academics lose discrimination case over trans-critical film | MSN

Two academics have failed in their attempt to sue their union for stopping their trans-critical film from being shown to students at the University of Edinburgh.

Deirdre O’Neill, a lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, and Michael Wayne, a professor at Brunel University, argued that they suffered unlawful discrimination when the University and College Union (UCU) opposed their film, Adult Human Female, which challenges claims made by trans rights activists.

On Monday, Employment Judge Laidler, sitting with two side members, concluded the claimants were not treated detrimentally contrary to the Equality Act 2010, and were not subjected to harassment.

The tribunal noted that UCU Edinburgh was not objecting to the beliefs of the claimants but was protesting against a film which it believed presented misinformation about trans and non-binary people and that was damaging to trans and non-binary staff and students.

Source: Academics lose discrimination case over trans-critical film