Quick facts

Assault

• In Australia men are more than twice as likely to be assaulted by a stranger than women.
• Boys are more likely to be assaulted than girls at every age.

Genital Mutilation

• Infant boys are the only members of our society who do not have a right to bodily integrity at birth.
• 32% of Australian men under 30 are circumcised, and the rate is falling.
• Less than 20% of infant boys in Australia are circumcised.

Health

• Boys have a higher mortality than girls at every age.

Prisons

• Female prison guards are more likely than male prison guards to have sex with inmates.
• Women's prisons have more than three times the rate of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimisation as men's prisons.

Sexual Assault

• Up to the age of 9, boys are three times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than girls.
• Before 15 and after 44 men and boys are more likely to be victims of sexual assault than women and girls.

Work & Commuting

• 90% of machinery operators and drivers are male.
• For people working 41hours or more per week, men have commutes that are 27% longer.