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== Australia ==
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== Assault ==
   
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* In Australia men are more than twice as likely to be assaulted by a stranger than women.<ref>https://www.crimestats.aic.gov.au/facts_figures/1_victims/C4/</ref>
* 90% of machinery operators and drivers are male.<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0.55.001~2016~Main%20Features~Commuting%20Distance%20by%20Personal%20Characteristics~10</ref>
 
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* Boys are more likely to be assaulted than girls at every age.
* For people working 41hours or more per week, men have commutes that are 27% longer.<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0.55.001~2016~Main%20Features~Commuting%20Distance%20by%20Personal%20Characteristics~10</ref>
 
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== Forced Labour ==
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* 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.<ref>https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/forced-labour-convention-1930-no-29</ref><ref>https://www.ilo.org/dyn/normlex/en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:12100:0::NO::P12100_INSTRUMENT_ID:3174672</ref>
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== Genital Mutilation ==
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* Infant boys are the only members of our society who do not have a right to bodily integrity at birth.
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* 32% of Australian men under 30 are circumcised, and the rate is falling.<ref>https://www.bupa.com.au/health-and-wellness/health-information/az-health-information/facts-about-male-circumcision</ref>
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* Less than 20% of infant boys in Australia are circumcised.<ref>https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ConditionsAndTreatments/circumcision</ref>
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== Health ==
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* Boys have a higher mortality than girls at every age.
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== Prisons ==
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* Female [[prison guards]] are more likely than male prison guards to have sex with inmates.<ref>https://news.mensactivism.org/?q=node/7653</ref><ref>https://archive.is/whh2T</ref>
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* Women's prisons have more than three times the rate of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimisation as men's prisons.<ref>https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2014/09/christina-piecora-female-inmates/</ref><ref>https://archive.is/1L9jk</ref>
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== Sexual Assault ==
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* Up to the age of 9, boys are three times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than girls.<ref>https://www.crimestats.aic.gov.au/facts_figures/1_victims/A4/</ref>
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* Before 15 and after 44 men and boys are more likely to be victims of sexual assault than women and girls.<ref>https://www.crimestats.aic.gov.au/facts_figures/1_victims/A4/</ref>
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== Slavery ==
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== Work & Commuting ==
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* In Australia 90% of machinery operators and drivers are male.<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0.55.001~2016~Main%20Features~Commuting%20Distance%20by%20Personal%20Characteristics~10</ref>
 
* In Australia, for people working 41 hours or more per week, men have commutes that are 27% longer.<ref>https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0.55.001~2016~Main%20Features~Commuting%20Distance%20by%20Personal%20Characteristics~10</ref>
   
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
   
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 27 January 2023

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

  • In Australia 90% of machinery operators and drivers are male.[12]
  • In Australia, for people working 41 hours or more per week, men have commutes that are 27% longer.[13]

References