A major change: the introduction of a “positive duty” to prevent sexual harassment

In   https://politicalmusingsofkayleen.blogspot.com/2023/12/from-this-weeks-news-on-human-rights_16.html    I included: 

“Australian Human Rights Commission to crack down on employers who fail to actively prevent workplace sexual harassment”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/12/australian-human-rights-commission-to-crack-down-on-employers-who-fail-to-actively-prevent-workplace-sexual-harassment   “Reflecting on its need, Cody told Guardian Australia there was a “heavy burden” on individuals to come forward.   ...   Captured under the law are ... sexist attitudes   ...   Employees, unions and other bodies will be able to make complaints to the commission via an online portal.”   See also   https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/positive-duty-employers-commissions-powers-commence   and   https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-discrimination/projects/positive-duty-under-sex-discrimination-act   Good! The webinar on this was particularly good - and I was pleased to hear good consideration of toxic workplaces, and good discussion on standards of evidence in the webinar  

I have had significant involvement with a number of major changes to workplace laws, including the introduction of major OHS changes in this state in the 1980s, the introduction of equal employment opportunity laws nationally in the 90s, changes to introduce gender identity anti-discrimination measures around the year 2000, and the improved DEI work place culture over the last 15 years or so. 

My involvement has ranged from committees to as a Director on a Board, and my experience tells me that the changes introduced are NOT going to be handled by committee actions. 

They will need top-down direction, and adequate resources to rethink and re-structure training - ESPECIALLY for the major change of mindset required to accept the responsibility (which morally, if not legally, has always existed, IMO) for third parties (sub-contractors/service providers) engaged by companies so they could pretend they had nothing to do with/no responsibility for the conduct of companies that, for instance, managed phone calls/bookings (which is a category I have encountered problems with and refuse to engage with unless they can provide adequate assurances of non-discriminatory [i.e., non-abusive] conduct).

I am currently negotiating on a situation which may constitute a breach of the positive duty to prevent discriminatory (i.e., abusive) conduct, and may be about to lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission.  

If I can, I’ll post more about this in due courrse. 

In the meantime, my final thought is how difficult it can be to get the attention of managers for something that may not be on their KPIs (or may not be there in an appropriate fashion * ) - which is a 19^th century management attitude not consistent with a post-pandemic 21st century world where inclusivity is mainly the norm and work from home is an accepted and increasing (albeit resisted by 19^th century management attitudes) part of working. 

 * Inclusivity/DEI is often included in KPIs by means of measuring numbers of complaints and rewarding low numbers of reports, which is morally questionable and ethically concerning given that it potentially creates pressure to address the measured symptom by suppressing/discouraging reports rather than take the healthier, better, more servant leadership oriented approach of measuring, encouraging, and increasing diversity, equity and inclusion

 

The following links are of relevance:

“The Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act”   https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/sex-discrimination/projects/positive-duty-under-sex-discrimination-act  

And also:

“New protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status”   https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work/lgbtiq/projects/new-protection   From 1 August 2013  

“Sexual orientation, gender identity & intersex status discrimination - INFORMATION SHEET”   https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/Information%20sheet%20on%20new%20protections%20in%20the%20Sex%20Discrimination%20Act%20-%20FINAL.pdf   

From p. 4: “Protections for sexual harassment will continue with one change. The sexual harassment provisions will now include that a person’s ‘sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status, marital or relationship status’ are now part of the circumstances that can be taken into account when considering whether or not a reasonable person ‘would have anticipated the possibility that the person harassed would be offended, humiliated or intimidated’.”  

“quick guide - Gender Identity”   https://humanrights.gov.au/quick-guide/12039   

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

If you appreciated this post, please consider promoting it - there are some links below.

Remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing, and all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering”.

Copyright © Kayleen White 2016-2024     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike basis   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/  

 

FROM this week’s news ON: society generally, and broader issues [Note: Content Warning - may be links to distressing reports on this topic. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Note: in my “from the news” posts, quotes are shown italicised and blue, my comments are in a different shade of blue, and “good” items are shown in green. I have loosely grouped the posts where such seemed reasonable, but that is subjective (i.e., my opinion - others are free to disagree), and challenging, as some posts belong in multiple “groups”.

From this week’s news on society generally, and broader issues (note: I may continue to add links for a few days, possibly up to a week, after these are published):

• “‘Laying claim to nature’s work’: plant patents sow fear among small growers”   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/25/plant-patents-large-companies-intellectual-property-small-breeders   

• “Existential Lessons of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Depression”   https://aninjusticemag.com/existential-lessons-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-depression-86991874d328   “Personal Perspective: “Depression doesn’t discriminate” misses the point of Dr. King’s experience   These possibilities ... detract from the political trauma that must have upended Dr. King’s philosophical development, leading to transformations that entailed depression, but weren’t necessarily treatable by clinical means.   We cannot forget that Dr. King spent 15 years witnessing firsthand that there was no “best” way to debunk or disarm white supremacy. A doctorate didn’t help. Devout Christianity didn’t help. Colorblindness didn’t help. Disavowing armed struggle didn’t help. Invoking the innocence of children and the frailty of the elderly didn’t help”   An excellent article   

• “‘Work needs rest and rest takes work’: fatigue specialist Vincent Deary on coping with life”   https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/21/work-needs-rest-and-rest-takes-work-fatigue-specialist-vincent-deary-on-coping-with-life   Yes, they do ...   

• “Reimagining the soul of urban planning | Nature Cities”   https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00010-8.pdf   

• “Two-faced AI language models learn to hide deception”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00189-3   “‘Sleeper agents’ seem benign during testing but behave differently once deployed. And methods to stop them aren’t working”   and   “Fake Biden robocall to New Hampshire voters highlights how easy it is to make deepfakes − and how hard it is to defend against AI-generated disinformation”   https://theconversation.com/fake-biden-robocall-to-new-hampshire-voters-highlights-how-easy-it-is-to-make-deepfakes-and-how-hard-it-is-to-defend-against-ai-generated-disinformation-221744   and   “Medical AI could be ‘dangerous’ for poorer nations, WHO warns”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00161-1   

• “Horizon scandal: post office operator cleared after years of suffering in silence”   https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/25/horizon-scandal-post-office-operator-kathleen-crane-cleared-conviction-quashed   “Court quashes Kathleen Crane’s conviction, adding that she was ‘kept in ignorance’ of IT system’s defects”   
  

• “Bootstrapped to death: why America’s favourite saying is strangling mobility”   https://joanwestenberg.medium.com/bootstrapped-to-death-why-americas-favourite-saying-is-strangling-mobility-91b1f34f6d09  
  

My links for activism post may aid any activism you may decide to do on any/all of these. If you do, don’t get too fixated on specific instances of problems - important though they may well be: take a moment to also consider the broader issues these incidents and groups of incidents may suggest/reveal.

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

If you appreciated this post, please consider promoting it - there are some links below.

Remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing, and all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering”.

Copyright © Kayleen White 2016-2024     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike basis   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/  

 

 

 

FROM this week’s news ON: the climate crisis, environmental issues, and nuclear threats/issues [Note: Content Warning - links to distressing reports on this topic. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Note: in my “from the news” posts, quotes are shown italicised and blue, my comments are in a different shade of blue, and “good” items are shown in green. I have loosely grouped the posts where such seemed reasonable, but that is subjective (i.e., my opinion - others are free to disagree), and challenging, as some posts belong in multiple “groups”.

From this week’s news on the climate crisis, environmental issues, and nuclear threats/issues (note: I may continue to add links for a few days, possibly up to a week, after these are published), noting that at least some issues will not have made it into the news that I see: 

• “‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis”   https://theconversation.com/its-not-game-over-its-game-on-why-2024-is-an-inflection-point-for-the-climate-crisis-221497   
  

• “1 billion people left dangerously exposed to heat stress by gaps in climate monitoring”   https://theconversation.com/1-billion-people-left-dangerously-exposed-to-heat-stress-by-gaps-in-climate-monitoring-221313    I have friends who live in such circumstances - I am helping their son get through Uni  Also, see   “Kalgoorlie faces a week without electricity amid heatwave due to WA power outages | Western Australia | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/19/wa-power-outage-blackout-kalgoorlie-weather-temperatures-heatwave  
  

• “It is time to draw down carbon dioxide but shut down moves to play God with the climate”   https://theconversation.com/it-is-time-to-draw-down-carbon-dioxide-but-shut-down-moves-to-play-god-with-the-climate-220422   Yes!   “Devastating drought in Amazon result of climate crisis, study shows”   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/24/devastating-drought-in-amazon-result-of-climate-crisis-study-shows   “Extreme weather threatens world’s biggest carbon store as the rainforest is already close to tipping point”    “Old Forests are Essential for Slowing Climate Change: Prohibit Logging Them!”   https://www.juancole.com/2024/01/forests-essential-prohibit.html       “I fulfil Wiradyuri tradition by tree-hugging with purpose. Each hug aims to leave some love behind | Brisbane | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/21/i-fulfil-wiradyuri-tradition-by-tree-hugging-with-purpose-each-hug-aims-to-leave-some-love-behind   I like and agree with this, and do it when I can - and have for most of my life   “Mindblowing Video of Plants Talking to Each Other In Real Time”   https://youtu.be/hd-h_y1X4oA?si=nTeUQfisillcW02k   

• “The cutting edge technology of Europe's biggest greenhouse | DW News”   https://youtu.be/8APpeti82hw?si=A-LJsJoeO5TIY_R-   In my opinion (IMO), this is how most of our crops will have to be grown as the climate crisis continues to destroy our world   

• “CRISPR-edited crops break new ground in Africa”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00176-8   “Scientists in the global south use the popular technique to protect local crops against local threats”   This is good, but I would still like to know long term impacts - such as any risks of monoculture or diseases evolving into something else  
  

• “As another cyclone heads for Queensland, we must be ready for the new threat: torrential rain and floods”   https://theconversation.com/as-another-cyclone-heads-for-queensland-we-must-be-ready-for-the-new-threat-torrential-rain-and-floods-221737   Floods were something we knew about and accepted in central Queensland in the 1970s: I suspect the grossly irresponsible  and offensive pro-tourism censorship of cyclone risks is when that knowledge was lost  
  

• “When floodwater reaches the sea, it can leave a 50 metre thick layer of brown water – and cause real problems”   https://theconversation.com/when-floodwater-reaches-the-sea-it-can-leave-a-50-metre-thick-layer-of-brown-water-and-cause-real-problems-213548   

• “Canada’s oil sands spew massive amounts of unmonitored polluting gases”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00203-8   “Fossil Fuel Companies Don't Want You to Understand The Buzzwords”   https://youtu.be/U4rLdnlrf7Q?si=VsJEM2yVzMLpAYj4   Important to note   “Imran Ahmed on CNN about the New Climate Denial”   https://youtu.be/MRdmXRiGvvM?si=1SEu2H4idMqYvGn5   This is an important - and NEW - perspective  “New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say  - DeSmog”   https://www.desmog.com/2024/01/17/new-shell-files-could-aid-climate-cases-attorneys-say/    

• “To curb plastic pollution, industry and academia must unite”   https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00155-z  
  

• “Mesmeric Weapons: South Africa’s Nuclear Program”   https://theaimn.com/mesmeric-weapons-south-africas-nuclear-program/   “The lessons of the South African nuclear weapons program are deep, profound and largely ignored by non-proliferation dogmatists. They show that a regime, even one subject to sanctions and exiled to the diplomatic cold room, can still show aptitude and resourcefulness in creating such murderous weapons.   ...   Where there is a pathological will, there will be a way”   

• “Dingoes pay the ultimate price on K’gari but some believe people are the real menace | Queensland | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/21/dingoes-pay-the-ultimate-price-on-kgari-but-some-believe-people-are-the-real-menace   I agree: people are the problem  
  

 

My links for activism post may aid any activism you may decide to do on any/all of these. If you do, don’t get too fixated on specific instances of problems - important though they may well be: take a moment to also consider the broader issues these incidents and groups of incidents may suggest/reveal.

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

If they are of any use of interest, the activism information links from my former news posts are available in this post. 

 

If you appreciated this post, please consider promoting it - there are some links below.

Remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing, and all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering”.

Copyright © Kayleen White 2016-2024     NO AI   I do not consent to any machine learning aka Artificial Intelligence (AI), generative AI, large language model, machine learning, chatbot, or other automated analysis, generative process, or replication program to reproduce, mimic, remix, summarise, or otherwise  replicate any part of this post or other posts on this blog via any means. Typo’s may be inserrted deliberately to demonstrate this is not an AI product.     Otherwise, fair and reasonable use is accepted under Creative Commons 4.0 on an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike basis   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/  

 

FROM this week’s news ON: human rights and humanitarian aid [Note: Content Warning - links to distressing reports on this topic. Reader discretion is advised]

Note: CONTENT WARNING - some of this content is about upsetting, disturbing or triggering events & attitudes. Seek competent help - including professional - if you need it. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that linked articles may contains names and/or images of deceased people. READER CAUTION IS RECOMMENDED! For anyone distressed by anything in this post, or for any other reason considering seeking support, resources are available in Australia here, here, and here. In other nations, you will have to do an Internet search using terms such as “mental health support - <your nation>” (which, for instance, may lead to this, this, and this, in the USA, or this, this, and this, in France [biased towards English-language - my apologies]), or perhaps try https://www.befrienders.org/. 

Note: in my “from the news” posts, quotes are shown italicised and blue, my comments are in a different shade of blue, and “good” items are shown in green. I have loosely grouped the posts where such seemed reasonable, but that is subjective (i.e., my opinion - others are free to disagree), and challenging, as some posts belong in multiple “groups”.

From this week’s news on human rights (note: I may continue to add links for a few days, possibly up to a week, after these are published), noting that many issues have probably not made it into the news that I see: 

• an Atrocity Alert for Haiti, Sudan and Yemen   https://www.globalr2p.org/publications/atrocity-alert-no-379/    

• “UN expert says human rights violations rage on in Sudan”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145787   
  

• “Iran urged to halt ‘horrific wave of executions’”   https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145812   

 

• ““Ongoing Failure”: Open letter criticises Victorian government's anti-torture protocol delays”   https://nit.com.au/22-01-2024/9389/ongoing-failure-open-letter-criticises-victorian-government-delay-in-implementing-anti-torture-protocol   “The open letter ... highlighted the "mistreatment of children in the state’s youth prisons and cited the Victorian Government's "ongoing failure to enact the safeguards that Australia has signed up to under international human rights law””    

• “The shockingly high rate of violence against Indigenous women shows the long tail of colonisation”   https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/25/the-shockingly-high-rates-of-violence-against-indigenous-women-demonstrates-the-long-tail-of-colonisation   “When Aboriginal women seek help, they are more likely to face discrimination or not receive a timely response from the systems supposed to protect us all”   

• A The Guardian exclusive reports   “Labor urged to press on with stalled treaty body after failed voice vote”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/26/labor-urged-to-press-on-with-stalled-treaty-body-after-failed-voice-vote   “Exclusive: Indigenous leader Marcus Stewart says ‘more need than ever’ for Makarrata commission after referendum highlights disparities”  
  

• “Victorian opposition drops support for treaty, citing [alleged] ‘issues around cultural heritage’”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/22/victoria-opposition-drops-support-for-indigenous-treaty    I consider this likely more fallout from the failed Voice referendum, which encouraged racists ... However, their claimed arguments are rubbish - what is divisive is continuing a society founded on theft and allowing residual white supremacism   See also   “Spectre of irrelevance hangs over John Pesutto as backflip on treaty blind-sides Victorian Coalition MPs | Victorian politics | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/23/john-pesutto-treaty-victoria-coalition-mp-press-conference-indigenous-australians   and   “Victorian government slam Coalition's abandoning of support for Treaty”   https://nit.com.au/22-01-2024/9394/victorian-government-slam-coalitions-abandoning-of-support-for-treaty  
  

• a The Guardian exclusive reports   “Families accuse Queensland police of racially profiling Indigenous children after alleged assault by vigilantes”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/23/families-accuse-queensland-police-of-racially-profiling-indigenous-children-after-alleged-assault-by-vigilantes   “Exclusive: Complaint made over police response to three children who were allegedly restrained with dog collars by accused vigilantes in Mareeba”      “Cairns watch house worker sounds alarm over ‘massive deterioration’ in children’s physical and mental health | Youth justice | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/23/queensland-youth-detention-cairns-watch-house-children-physical-mental-health  
  

• The Minority Rights Group has a new website   https://minorityrights.org/   including map   https://minorityrights.org/world-map/   and improved access to resources   

• “‘Disturbing’ findings of NSW evacuation centre violence and sexual assaults triggers safety protocols review | New South Wales | The Guardian”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/24/nsw-evacuation-centre-safety-protocols-review-violence-sexual-assaults-lismore-floods   

• “The [Australian] government has announced the scope of its sexual violence inquiry. Here’s what it gets right (and what it doesn’t)”   https://theconversation.com/the-government-has-announced-the-scope-of-its-sexual-violence-inquiry-heres-what-it-gets-right-and-what-it-doesnt-221733    

• “Luis Rubiales should stand trial over World Cup kiss, judge says | SBS News”   https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/luis-rubiales-should-stand-trial-over-world-cup-kiss-judge-says/yxyumlibe   Good. The judge also said others should be tried  
  

• possibly phobic behaviour by protestors against the genocide in Gaza:   “Rainbow Labor’s Stall At Midsumma Carnival Targeted”   https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/rainbow-labors-stall-at-midsumma-carnival-targeted/228139   “Witnesses said that Rainbow Labor and Victoria Police stalls were among those targeted by protestors.    ...   “They were shouting slogans against the Labor party over the Gaza war””   

• From the UK:   “Are gender critical beliefs protected in law? No!”   https://medium.com/@notCursedE/are-gender-critical-beliefs-protected-in-law-no-7166034e3f6f   “Following a recent transphobe employment tribunal it seems once again we have to deal with the myth suggesting gender critical beliefs are protected in law. Often citing Forstater’s case against CGD; every single person saying this is objectively wrong.   ...   “This judgment does not mean that those with gender-critical beliefs can ‘misgender’ trans persons with impunity. The Claimant, like everyone else, will continue to be subject to the prohibitions on discrimination and harassment under the Equality Act””   
  

• “Now Boarding Air Anya Flight to LGBT Safety Online”   https://youtu.be/VhICBFlaG38?si=jE1w3h2h4cSGrccL   “We are calling on [social media] to do more to make their social media platforms safe for LGBT users who face digital targeting and severe offline consequences including detention and torture”   See also   “#SecureOurSocials”   https://qnews.com.au/secureoursocials-meta-should-lead-the-way/  
  

• “Jo Phoenix and women being bullied out of work”   https://medium.com/@notCursedE/jo-phoenix-and-women-being-bullied-out-of-work-a4234d48bb59   “Anti-trans claims of women being bullied out of work have hit social media after Jo Phoenix wins tribunal for unfair dismissal over her “gender critical” ie transphobic views   ...   The real scoop here is that yes, women being bullied out of work is definitely a thing that is happening — but more often than not its actually transgender people — with an emphasis on transgender women in particular — being targeted for this. Alongside our allies, supporters and even family members facing similar challenges and targeted abuse for refusing to spit on us whenever they see us in person”   

• “The Gender Pain Gap Revealed – And Women Aren‘t Surprised | Premier of Victoria”   https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/gender-pain-gap-revealed-and-women-arent-surprised   The gap is not only financial   See also   “Symptoms of menopause can make it harder to work. Here’s what employers should be doing”   https://theconversation.com/symptoms-of-menopause-can-make-it-harder-to-work-heres-what-employers-should-be-doing-219314   and   “How both health and safety are compromised for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence”   https://theconversation.com/how-both-health-and-safety-are-compromised-for-people-living-with-long-covid-and-intimate-partner-violence-221413  

• “More forced marriages and worker exploitation – why Australia needs an anti-slavery commissioner”   https://theconversation.com/more-forced-marriages-and-worker-exploitation-why-australia-needs-an-anti-slavery-commissioner-221318   

• “Aged care residents only receiving appropriate care half the time, world-first Australian study finds”   https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/23/aged-care-retirement-home-residents-study-data  
  

 

My links for activism post may aid any activism you may decide to do on any/all of these. If you do, don’t get too fixated on specific instances of problems - important though they may well be: take a moment to also consider the broader issues these incidents and groups of incidents may suggest/reveal.

 

Assumptions / basis 

In writing this, I have assumed / started from the following: 

• this blog states quite clearly that it is about political and human rights matters, including lived experience of problems, and thus I will assume readers are reasonable people who have noted the content warning in the post header;

Possible flaws 

Where I can, I will try to highlight possible flaws / issues you should consider:

• there may be flawed logical arguments in the above: to find out more about such flaws and thinking generally, I recommend Brendan  Myers’ free online course “Clear and Present Thinking”; 
  
• I could be wrong - so keep your thinking caps on, and make up your own minds for yourself.
  

 

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Remember: we need to be more human being rather than human doing, and all misgendering is an act of active transphobia/transmisia that puts trans+ lives at risk & accept that all insistence on the use of “trans” as a descriptor comes with commensurate use of “cis” as a descriptor to prevent “othering”.

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