00:01With just 12 months left in her term as the first ever domestic family and sexual violence
00:06commissioner, rates of sexual violence, particularly among young people, are a key concern for
00:10Michaela Cronin.
00:11She says it's being driven by a number of factors, including an increase of violence
00:15against children who then go on to replicate that behaviour, but also that some parts of
00:20the internet, the manosphere, are a particular problem.
00:23The difference in what we are seeing about young men's attitudes than their grandfather's
00:28attitudes, the increase in misogyny online, the impact that is having both on young women
00:35and young men, gender diverse people, about their views about relationships.
00:40Earlier this year, a Melbourne University study found younger men are more likely than older
00:45men to hold misogynistic views around women's place in society and violence against women.
00:50Almost a quarter of Gen Z men believe that the movement for women's equality should be violently
00:55resisted if necessary, with researchers finding content that's misogynistic and endorsing
01:00violence against women is the most likely influence on extremist attitudes in Australia.
01:05The Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner says while governments and authorities are grappling
01:10with this issue, there are still gaps in how they're responding to these problems, and that
01:14the launch of the second action plan to end violence against women and children next year,
01:18in the first half of 2027, is an opportunity for them to match their ambition with funding for
01:23frontline services and prevention programs.
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