I work in the school system and this doesn't surprise me at all. Disciple is now seen as a dirty word, let alone put into practise. There are absolutely zero consequences for children. Not expecting corporal punshiment, but I've seen kids get kicked and punched and the perpetrator doesn't so much as get 5 minutes time-out. The ADHD kids are allowed to rule the school 

I think your'e being far too kind, The people who do these kinds of posts are usually also internet trolls who write horrible stuff on subjects they know very little about. 

This is so great. As a solo by choice mother as well, I can only imagine how good it would have been to be around other woman who totally get it! 

I'm sorry but normalising injectables in 22 year olds  is utterly negligent both physicaly and mentally. This "you do you" attitude of 'empowerment' is anything but. 

@spotanon Completey agree. Why on earth as women have we succumbed to these awful expectations to the extent they they are all considered normal? Of course I believe in individual choice, but as a collective, can't we all protest and bankrupt this business that at the end of the day does awful things to a women's mental health, not to mention actually gives men more power over us because they 'expect' that women look a certain way. 

@yeahyepyes . That's a bit harsh. I think the blokes who created all the vile porn websites are somewhat more deserving of being called monsters. 

@amy It should be 'sussy barka', that's what my kid says instead of just sus. Otherwise, thank you so much for decihering the bizarre language I hear every day! 

I'm also dating a man that in't on social media and it's FABULOUS. No automatically reaching for the phone, he gives me his full attention at all times, and there's certainly no scrolling while in bed. It's made me heavily reduce my own phone time around him, and the difference is incredible. It's much much easier to feel secure and always conected without a screen getting in the way. 

I find that if I want to compare products, I cut/paste their list of ingredients  into ChatGPT. It will then tell you the similarities and differences of the order of ingrediants, and what each ingrediant is used for. 

Women are cotinually terrorised by men. The contined, horrific numbers speak for themselves. Yet somehow these are not terrorist attacks.  It beggars belief. Imagine if a man walked into a workplace and killed a co -worker every week in Australia - it would be a national emergency. Yet men killing women they know is utterly acceptable, apparently. 

Men killing and all the men rioting for no reason at all. When will men get as sick of this as women are? 

My male partner is going down this path as well. He's highly educated, and not someone who you would think is easily led. I think it's the lack of control that white men are feeling. He talks about 'reverse racism' and 'being a white man is the worst thing you can now be'.  White men are feeling targetted, whether this is true or not, it's their perception. So they are clinging to men like Joe Rogan as a lifeboat. It's not helping women's rights at all, or any minoirty group, really. 

This was hilarious and...weirdly true. Thank you! 

@neri.j.smith I agree. She looks absolutely fine,, but will be complelety invisible. 

I put $100 on Tim 'opening up" the relationship again, if he hasn't already. 

@mamamia-user-482898552 Agreed! I remember desperately wanting a pair of Reeboks for Christmas when I was 12. My family couldn't afford it and I felt so left out. That was back in the early 1990s!  It is awful to 'want' these things, but when all your friends have them, and  female social cliques are at their most extreme, I feel like fitting in is better than being the sole person who stands out. 

@laura__palmer Yes it can be taken out of tax, but 1. If they work overseas and/or don't file an Australian tax return then Services Australia/Aust Government can't access any tax records (this was my experience);  2. I know many women with tradie partners/sole traders who are very skilled at moving/hiding money to make their tax payable as low as possible. This even happened to my accountant when she got divorced. If it wasn't for her clever understanding of the system, even skilled professionals are helpless to get child support. In her case, her ex managed to somehow get a bank loan for an incrediby expensive car, while crying poor to the ATO. She queried Services Australia as to how the bank would have approved this loan if he hadn't actually been earning a ton more than he stated. and 3. Men get paid in cash and simply don't claim it. Those are some of the simple, 101 ways men hide their income.

My experience with Services Australia was traumatic, probably as bad as dealing with Centrelink, except add a baby and a vengeful ex into the circumstance.  Thank god I could afford a lawyer, because after 3 years of waiting for a single dollar of child support, they had gotten nowhere.

@dbrown By women? Or by.....other men? 

@snorks It should  read  "Women parents, women carers and women teachers are encouraged to talk to children and young people..." because statistcially we know which gender is the most likely to offend....