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"There’s no solution without men and boys": We grill Keir Starmer on new plans to halve violence against women EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: It’s an ambitious and urgently needed target. But can it really be met? We put your questions to the PM

The hypocrisy is truly nauseating.

Starmer: ‘We must end VAWG’

Starmer: ‘Give Mandelson (known facilitator, friend and pawn of child rapist, sex trafficker and rank misogynist Epstein ) his dream job’

Vomit 🤮
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

’you’ are a bot and this platform is shit soup, with pretensions

Liars. It’s a man.

#MVAWG

YouTube video by Male Allies Challenging Sexism Michael Conroy (Men at Work): Facilitating Constructive Dialogues with Boys & Young Men #MACS2025

🧵 (1/3) We just released the insightful workshop Michael (@michaelconroy.bsky.social) gave at #MACS2025 about HOW to facilitate constructive dialogues with boys and young men and WHY this is important.

youtu.be/LUpfYR_qE4k

In his workshop Michael explores practical approaches to constructive

Men think they’re watching sex-cam models. In fact they’re slaves A Sunday Times investigation finds that woman have been raped, imprisoned and forced into degrading acts at 24-hour streaming factories in Colombia

Important reporting from Louise Callaghan

Men think they’re watching sex-cam models. In fact they’re slaves

www.thetimes.com/article/23c8...

Some men would vote for men who claim to be women. So that would also tick the ‘vote for misogynist’ box, while creating the illusion of shifting the paradigm.

💥 #FiLiA2025 session news 💥

•PORNOGRAPHY EXPOSED: HOW A NORMALISED INDUSTRY DESTROYS LIVES•

🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets

#Sisterhood #Solidarity #Brighton #AbolitionNow

I’m looking forward to the next @libvoice4women.bsky.social event,
talking to Michael Conroy ‪@michaelconroy.bsky.social on Monday, 14 July.
All welcome!
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Needed / needs saying

Truth-telling is existential

Speaking of highlights, James, this from Victoria Smith @glosswitch.bsky.social

Especially for you, as Kylie might have said

IKR?

Yes, CR do great work. Big fan of Gail’s approach and analysis.

Having boys watch Adolescence won’t help adults listen To find out what’s going on in the lives of our boys and young men requires time, humility and structure, not a Netflix TV series

I wrote an Op Ed for @thetimes.com on how adults might best respond to #Adolescence

‘Having boys watch Adolescence won’t help adults listen’

If we don’t listen, we can’t learn. If we don’t learn, we can’t help

www.thetimes.com/article/d822...

Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast Boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experience

Thanks to Helen Pidd @theguardian.com for interviewing those young men and this old one. I hope people find the podcast to be a conversation-starter.

www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Upcoming webinars and training dates

On April 10th I'll be co-facilitating, with Dr Tamasine Preece, a webinar on the basic language and ideas of the #Manosphere On April 28th and then again on May 8th I'll be facilitating the one-day FOUNDATIONS: 12 DIALOGUES training sessions for those working…

I've been overwhelmed by the excellent response to this 😍

Cheers, appreciated. I just try and do what I'm able to, where and when I'm able to

It's an outrage that our Youth Services were so grievously wounded. The ripples are many and multiplying.

Thank you Jen. I just try to sate what seems obvious - and what flows continually through the experiences of the many professionals who train with me. They know. They see. It's all palpable.

Michael Conroy / Men At Work (@michaelconroy.bsky.social) I work with people who work with boys / young men. Sometimes I work with men who abuse in relationships. Sex realist, in all cases. Am supposed to be writing a book. Also @menatwork_mc on Twitter/X

Excellent to listen to this brilliant man on BBC’s Politics Live today… @michaelconroy.bsky.social Wisdom and clarity about what kids get from social media and the manosphere. As a mum of two boys, a feminist and a believer in equality we need to counteract harmful messaging for everyone’s sake.

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 17/03/2025 News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Did a brief slot right at the end of BBC R4's Today prog this morning. I wasn't gr8 but the intended gist:

Find out (about the #manosphere & its various facets)
Show up (as a positive, curious, collaborative and reliable presence in the lives of boys and young men)

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Feedback from a cross section of professionals who have taken the Foundations: 12 Dialogues training. It's all about facilitating constructive engagement with boys and young men - about being safe and safe to be around.

Get in touch to find out more. www.menatworkcic.org

'He strangled me without asking': The dangers of choking during sex Experts say it is increasingly filtering into real life as a result of frequent depiction in porn.

‘Consent’ is a red herring, here. Ersatz ‘consent’ is easy enough to manufacture, coerce &/or extract through lack of risk awareness. One can’t consent to criminal harm

There’s #NoSafeWayToStrangle, no matter what one calls it ('choking')

cc @institutefas.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thank you Matthew. It was a good opportunity to cover more ground than is usually available on radio slots. Never enough, of course, as there's so much to explore.

Please sign this petition - we have co-signed. There is #NoSafeWayToStrangle

This may be of interest:

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Online forums being used to trade explicit images of local women, says charity Revenge Porn Helpline says ‘deep-seated misogyny’ behind exchange of photos on apps such as Telegram

“This is a really dangerous time for women” says Sophie Mortimer of the Revenge Porn Helpline.
It truly is. Yet there seems so little appetite to do much about it. Instead we see an intensification of misogyny online.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Signez la pétition Sex Education Materials Which Normalise Strangulation ('Choking') Must Be Prohibited

There is #NoSafeWayToStrangle. External providers of Sex Ed/RSE in UK schools should be prohibited from claiming otherwise (whether through rank ignorance or ideological capture). Please sign and share.

cc @cmckinnellmp.bsky.social @institutefas.bsky.social
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Men At Work For Boys, Young Men & Those Who Work With Them

Check out our 12 Dialogues training & resource package for those working with boys/young men. A practical, jargon-free, safeguarding-focused, engagement framework around issues relating to being safe (for thmslvs) & safe to be around (for male peers, women/girls). No more, no less

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