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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.

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.[2]
  • Less than 20% of infant boys in Australia are circumcised.[3]

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.[4][5]
  • Women's prisons have more than three times the rate of inmate-on-inmate sexual victimisation as men's prisons.[6][7]

Sexual Assault

  • Up to the age of 9, boys are three times more likely to be victims of sexual assault than girls.[8]
  • Before 15 and after 44 men and boys are more likely to be victims of sexual assault than women and girls.[9]

Slavery

Work & Commuting

  • 90% of machinery operators and drivers are male.[10]
  • For people working 41hours or more per week, men have commutes that are 27% longer.[11]


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