by BETTINA ARNDT – THE crowd in the open-air tourist bus gazed up at the massive granite wall towering over us in the Yosemite Valley. This was El Capitan, the setting for the movie Free Solo’s nail-biting documentary of Alex Honnold’s infamous…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WOMEN work harder than men. That was the sexist headline for an article earlier this year on The Conversation. Hardly unusual, given that the overburdened woman is a favoured theme with our media intent on singing women’s praises…
by BETTINA ARNDT – THERE’S much to admire about JK Rowling. Her Harry Potter series inspired generations of children, particularly boys, to read big, fat books and that’s a miraculous achievement. More recently she’s been in the news for bravely taking on…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WHILE our country recovers from the lockdown years, across Australia there are thousands of families who look back to 2021 as the start of a very different nightmare – the year their sons were accused of sexual assault. …
by BETTINA ARNDT – TALK about a meltdown. The explosive reaction from Liberal troops seeking votes for NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman at the voting centre in his local electorate was not unexpected. The cause of their wrath was a group of…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WE WERE once told feminism was about equality, creating a level playing field where women could take their rightful place in the world. I happily called myself a “feminist” after reading Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch, ironically whilst…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WHAT a circus. This week the Brittany Higgins/Bruce Lehrmann rape trial imploded when the jury was dismissed due to misconduct by a juror. The case seemed to be heading for a hung jury after five days of deliberation,…
by BETTINA ARNDT – OUR world is obsessed with saving lives. We survived COVID lockdowns imposed by governments claiming to keep us safe. Teams of burly footballers drop to their knees because Black Lives Matter. The presumption of innocence wilts under the…
ONCE Australia’s best known sex therapist, Bettina Arndt, who prided her work helping women during the 1970s has stepped away from the feminist cause, saying it has been hijacked. Now a social commentator and men’s advocate, Ms Arndt has revealed this month…
by PAUL COLLITS – NOTWITHSTANDING Russian aggression, the coming world depression and Will Smith, the biggest story of the year to date has been the death of Shane Warne. The great man’s shock passing has left many of us dumbfounded. We had…
