Society & Culture
It’s not really a secret that we’ve got some problems.On average in Australia, one woman a week is murdered by her current or former partner.85% of Australian women have been sexually harassed. And that’s not even to mention the violence men commit against each other.Those aren’t easy things to hear. They aren’t easy to say.And, people can get defensive when those kind of stats come up. You may have heard people say things like ‘that’s not all men’, or ‘let’s not just man hate’.I kind of feel like that’s missing the point, isn’t it?Of course I want to celebrate good men. But looking at our problems, that actually takes courage. That takes strength. And if you’re a man who still wants to be associated with those qualities, then I think we need to listen really well — to women, to men, to children.You see the thing about statistics is that beneath them there are stories. Names and faces. Mothers and daughters and fathers and sons.And I don’t know about you - but when numbers make me feel overwhelmed, stories make me feel connected.So, on this episode I wanted to chat through some of the problems we face in our culture and have an honest conversation about some of the cycles we need to break. I thought the best way to do that would be to invite a couple of friends to share their stories. And then to have a conversation about how we could do things differently.Join our Facebook group to connect and help shape the Man;Kind podcast.