Daniel McCormack wasn't persuaded to be a part of the answer by just another news article about a woman who was killed by her partner.
In 2019, Scottish comedian Daniel Sloss encouraged men to "get involved" by admitting during a stand-up routine that he hadn't done enough to stop a buddy from raping a woman.
"I detest stating that a man brought this issue to my attention," McCormack remarked while waving a placard that read, "Protect women." "Call out your mates" during a Brisbane protest.
McCormack marched in rallies around Australia this past weekend with tens of thousands of other people to call for action against gendered violence, which is primarily committed by males against women.
Late on Monday,
Male violence against women has always been an issue in Australia, and while media coverage on suspected killings often mourn the loss of another life, they rarely spark large-scale demonstrations.
This changed this month when a man harassed customers at a Bondi shopping mall in Sydney, killing six people, most of them women, with a knife before being shot and killed by police.
The commissioner of police for New South Wales said that it was "obvious" from closed-circuit television evidence that the attacker had specifically targeted women, causing shockwaves across the nation.
When a 16-year-old kid in the city is accused of stabbing a Christian Orthodox bishop two days later, the attack is almost instantly classified as a "terror incident."
It started a discussion about why a purposeful.
This changed this month when a man harassed customers at a Bondi shopping mall in Sydney, killing six people, most of them women, with a knife before being shot and killed by police.
The commissioner of police for New South Wales said that it was "obvious" from closed-circuit television evidence that the attacker had specifically targeted women, causing shockwaves across the nation.
When a 16-year-old kid in the city is accused of stabbing a Christian Orthodox bishop two days later, the attack is almost instantly classified as a "terror incident."
It started a discussion about why a purposeful.
The discussion seemed to move on when Australian security officials cited the absence of evidence in the Bondi case supporting the idea that the offender was motivated by political activism.
But in the days that followed, additional women died; they were unrelated to one another, but they were connected by their supposed killers.
They included a 28-year-old mother who was allegedly killed by her partner, who was already charged with rape and stalking her but had been freed on bond; a 49-year-old woman who was allegedly killed in her home by a known individual; and a 30-year-old woman whose body was discovered in a house fire that was purportedly started by a man she knew. These incidents happened within the last week alone.
With these deaths, the number of women reportedly slain by.
But in the days that followed, additional women died; they were unrelated to one another, but they were connected by their supposed killers.
They included a 28-year-old mother who was allegedly killed by her partner, who was already charged with rape and stalking her but had been freed on bond; a 49-year-old woman who was allegedly killed in her home by a known individual; and a 30-year-old woman whose body was discovered in a house fire that was purportedly started by a man she knew. These incidents happened within the last week alone.
With these deaths, the number of women reportedly slain by.
While Australia's domestic homicide statistics are comparable to those of other nations like the UK, Canada, and New Zealand, research fellow Hayley Boxall of the Australian National University claims that the conversation surrounding domestic homicides in Australia is different.
"Unfortunately, this is a global issue rather than an Australian one," she stated. "We are different from many other jurisdictions in that we are having more in-depth conversations about how we respond."
Protesters shouted, "We won't take it anymore!" in the streets over the weekend, and on Monday morning, Albanese made many appearances on breakfast television to praise the government's response and its promises of more.
He declared that the government had committed two and a half billion Australian dollars, or $2.3 billion.Bricknell of the Australian Institute of Criminology reports that during the Covid pandemic, rates of intimate partner homicide in Australia decreased, mirroring drops observed in England and Wales.
"Unfortunately, this is a global issue rather than an Australian one," she stated. "We are different from many other jurisdictions in that we are having more in-depth conversations about how we respond."
Protesters shouted, "We won't take it anymore!" in the streets over the weekend, and on Monday morning, Albanese made many appearances on breakfast television to praise the government's response and its promises of more.
He declared that the government had committed two and a half billion Australian dollars, or $2.3 billion.Bricknell of the Australian Institute of Criminology reports that during the Covid pandemic, rates of intimate partner homicide in Australia decreased, mirroring drops observed in England and Wales.
"First Nations women and non-Indigenous women are more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than by any other person that they know, or even a stranger, if you look at the intimate partner homicide breakdown," said Bricknell. First Nations women's numbers are especially high.
The recent spike, according to her, might just be a post-Covid bounce or an indication of a more serious issue.
Emily Garnett led the demonstrators in Brisbane in shouts of "5-6-7-8, no more violence, no more hate." She later told CNN that she felt compelled to advocate for women.
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