Tag: homophobia
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Schools to use gender neutral language as part of Safe Schools Program
Teachers at Cheltenham Girls High School, in northwest Sydney, have been asked to stop referring to their students as “girls”, ladies” and “women” and to instead use “gender-neutral” language like “students.” This is in line with Safe Schools, an initiative that aimed to “Create safer and more inclusive environments for same sex attracted, intersex and gender…
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Cyberhate and online abuse is commonplace for women
76 per cent of women under the age of thirty are likely to cop online abuse; according to Australian Research, as conducted by Norton. These figures come amidst the cyber-hate and online abuse that women receive on social media. Women are being told to “Sit on a butchers knife”, “Slut kill yourself” and “Get a knife and shove it…