Australian Men Ranked As The Most Mysoginist Towards Women In The World

Recent research by the Global Institute for Women's leadership and Ipos reveals alarming results that Australian men hold some of the most sexist views in the Western world.

The research did a detailed study into the attitudes of men from more than 30 countries, including America, Singapore, Canada, Malaysia, and Turkey.

And it revealed that many Australian men feel they 'lost out' economically, politically and socially due to 'feminism'.

Additionally, the research also showed that 30 percent of Australian men think that women who claim to have been abused, 'exaggerate', forming the highest percentage of any Western nation surveyed.

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The report further suggests that many Australian men actually believe a woman should have sex with her partner even if she 'doesn't feel like it' more than any other country, except Malaysia.

One-fifth of Australian men also said gender inequality doesn't 'exist' - the second highest in the cohort, followed by Saudi Arabia.

Almost over a quarter of Australian men disagreed with feminism, citing it does more harm than good.

To add to these alarming results, almost one in four Australian men think using sexist and misogynistic language online is occasionally acceptable.

Former Prime Minister and Chair of the Global Institute Julia Guillard took to Twitter to share that despite sexual misconduct in Australian parliament coming to the forefront, it hasn't deterred some popular problematic views.

"Sexual violence against women has been a huge focus of our community debate thanks to the bravery of Brittany Higgins, Grace Tame, and so many other courageous women," she said.

"Now comes this research with its shocking findings about underlying male attitudes, and how much worse they are in Australia compared with other countries."

Gillard has seen her fair share of sexism and misogyny whiles serving as PM and infamously gave an apt shut-up call to the former leader of the Liberty Party, Tony Abbott, after he made sexist remarks against her regarding her personal life.

This is how Twitter reacted to the research findings

A few months back, Gillard's speech served as inspiration for YolÅ‹u artist Dhambit MunuÅ‹gurr.

After unveiling MunuÅ‹gurr's artwork 'Order' at the National Gallery of Victoria, Gillard told The Guardian: "There have been many takes on the misogyny speech. This is a truly special one."

Gillard's speech also went viral on other social media platforms after TikTok user Abbey Hansen created a mashup of Gillard's words to Doja Cat's 'Boss B***h', which earned more than one million views

So, after ranking so poorly amongst Western countries, men of Australia and those at the back, it's worth listening to this Guillard's speech once more to refresh its importance and understand the toxic role the sexist views play in the life of women.

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