Anti-women group plans Australian meetings
Supporters of a website led by a man who says rape should be legalised on private property are set to meet up in cities around Australia, sparking a backlash on social media.
According to the Return of Kings (ROK) website, the US-based group believes âa womanâs value significantly depends on her fertility and beautyâ, and the elimination of traditional sex roles âunleashes womenâs promiscuityâ.
The site is designed to be a âsafe space for heterosexual menâ who believe âmen should be masculine and women should be feminineâ.
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âROK aims to usher the return of the masculine man in a world where masculinity is being increasingly punished and shamed in favour of creating an androgynous and politically-correct society that allows women to assert superiority and control over men,â the website states.
The âtribal meetingsâ are planned for February 6 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. They are being held on that date in 43 countries, according to the site.
Supporters have a 20-minute window to meet their host at a pre-listed destination, like the fountain at Sydneyâs Hyde Park, before they move to their final undisclosed destination, most likely a bar, the Return of Kings website said.
Since the controversy surfaced earlier on Monday, âneomasculinistâ Daryush Valizadeh, the creator of the group, has announced he will come to Australia for the event.
âF*** it, I just booked a flight to Australia. See you somewhere there on 2/6. Iâll stay a while, see some sights,â Mr Valizadeh, 36, tweeted with an screen shot of flight options to cities in Australia.
Some women have taken to social media to express their outrage at the meet-up and the groupâs controversial views.
Greens MP Larissa Waters said on Twitter she âthought it was a hoax, their views are so medieval. Any âmeetingsâ will tankâ.
Former sex discrimination commissioner Elizabeth Broderick said Return of Kingsâ views were âdeeply offensive and have no place in Australiaâ.
Feminist writer Clementine Ford said: âIf Doosh wants to make it legal for men to rape women on private property itâs only fair that we make it legal for those women to kill them.â
Writer and activist Melinda Tankard Reist tweeted: âSo provocative that they are choosing to meet out in the open. They want us to know they hate us.â
Site advises men to âstop asking for permissionâ
Mr Valizadeh, 36, published a blog post on his personal website suggesting legalising rape on private property is the solution to the United Statesâ rape culture.
âWithout daddy government to protect her, a girl would absolutely not enter a private room with a man she doesnât know or trust unless she is absolutely sure she is ready to sleep with him,â the blog post said.
His blog also features sections for âpick-up tipsâ, advising men to âstop asking for permissionâ, and a link to his âBang Guides: strategy guides for getting laid at home and abroadâ.
A Frequently Asked Questions page for the event says transsexuals, homosexuals and women are not welcome, and outlines what to do if âa pretty girl shows upâ â the answer being âget her number and tell her to buzz offâ.
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