Quick facts
Assault
- In Australia men are more than twice as likely to be assaulted by a stranger than women.[1]
- Boys are more likely to be assaulted than girls at every age.
Forced Labour
- Until 2014 it was legal for an occupying power to force men with an apparent age between 18 & 45 to perform unfree and unpaid labour.[2][3]
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.[4]
- Less than 20% of infant boys in Australia are circumcised.[5]
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.[6][7]
- Women's prisons have more than three times the rate of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimisation as men's prisons.[8][9]
Sexual Assault
- Up to the age of 9, boys are three times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than girls.[10]
- Before 15 and after 44 men and boys are more likely to be victims of sexual assault than women and girls.[11]
Slavery
Work & Commuting
- 90% of machinery operators and drivers are male.[12]
- For people working 41hours or more per week, men have commutes that are 27% longer.[13]
References
- ↑ https://www.crimestats.aic.gov.au/facts_figures/1_victims/C4/
- ↑ https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/forced-labour-convention-1930-no-29
- ↑ https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:3174672
- ↑ https://www.bupa.com.au/health-and-wellness/health-information/az-health-information/facts-about-male-circumcision
- ↑ https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/circumcision
- ↑ https://news.mensactivism.org/?q=node/7653
- ↑ https://archive.is/whh2T
- ↑ https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2014/09/christina-piecora-female-inmates/
- ↑ https://archive.is/1L9jk
- ↑ https://www.crimestats.aic.gov.au/facts_figures/1_victims/A4/
- ↑ https://www.crimestats.aic.gov.au/facts_figures/1_victims/A4/
- ↑ https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0.55.001~2016~Main%20Features~Commuting%20Distance%20by%20Personal%20Characteristics~10
- ↑ https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0.55.001~2016~Main%20Features~Commuting%20Distance%20by%20Personal%20Characteristics~10