MISOGYNY IS NEVER OK.

Earlier today I was sent these images about a male-only group on Facebook called “Melb guys pal”.

The boys and men in this group are sharing explicit videos and pictures of their female exes, without their consent.

One of the individuals has wished for a holocaust for women.

Another has encouraged the group members to ‘like’ his post so he can share more explicit images of his ex-partner.

The group is littered with examples of rampant misogyny, sexism and degradation of women.

Arguably, the most tame commentary in this group is referring to women as “dishwashers” and degrading what these so-called “men” see as “women’s work.”

Sexism and misogyny is never OK. Not just because we are in a global pandemic of a novel #coronavirus, but all the time.

I am an @OurWatchAus Ambassador. The attitudes that give guys a free pass to say and do actions like this are the building blocks of sexual and other forms of violence against women.

They are the attitudes that lead us to label men who kill as “good blokes” or call women who are killed “dumb bitches”, like my sister Nikita was.

They are the attitudes that laugh off the violation, degradation and lived experience of women all over the world who have horror stories that are their real lives about experiences such as these.

For the boys and men who read this. You have two options:

1. Learn to listen and become a friend to women and demand better of yourself and other men; or,

2. Stay quiet as other men behave in this way in a world where women are harmed globally for simply existing.

I am disgusted and appalled by this behaviour and hope that the Police and Facebook quickly shut this down.

This group is a reminder that we have a long way to go to changing a culture that has, for too long now, condoned and minimised violence against women.

#NotOneMoreNiki