‘Hack Live’ Debated Male Privilege And People Are Seriously Pissed Off
"I've had it on for 15 seconds and I already want to set fire to the TV."
Last night Hack Live debated whether the concept of male privilege is “bullshit” and people were really into the complex, nuanced discussion that flowed through from the self-described men’s rights activists and “feminist apostates”.
LOL JK, people were absolutely not into it.
Hosted by Tom Tilley, the debate show on ABC2 featured a panel that included feminist writer Clementine Ford, conservative writer Daisy Cousens, transgender author Nevo Zisin and men’s rights activist Adrian Johnson (which isn’t actually his real name; he chose not to use his real name because he was afraid of being “targeted” by feminists).
Before the show even began, a number of people took issue with how the topic was being framed.
Next: “Is male privilege bullshit?”, “Is climate change real?” and other questions similarly not up for debate due to evidence. #HackLive
— Lee Constable (@Constababble) June 20, 2017
Our 15-yr-old daughter says asking if male privilege exists is same as asking if gravity is real. @clementine_ford #HackLive
— Jacinta Di Mase (@Jacinta_DiMase) June 20, 2017
When’s #HackLive going to have the Flat Earth Society on to hear both sides of that bullshit?
— Steven t(-_-t) (@StevenCrampton) June 20, 2017
Best outcome:
Hack Live Opener
Audience applause@TomTilley: Nah fellas… it’s a legit thing.
Audience applause
Closing Credits#HackLive— Lee Constable (@Constababble) June 20, 2017
The panelists touched on several issues often raised by the men’s rights movement, such as male suicide rates and mental health. “We’re mobilising because we’re sick and tired of these issues being ignored” said Adrian.
But his insistence that the root of these problems was feminism did not go down well.
MRAs hate feminists but the problems they bring up, suicide rates, access to children etc are a result of legislation made by men #HackLive
— Melanie Leach (@Mel_leach) June 20, 2017
#MRAs: Areas of male disadvantage (health, work deaths, etc) are not the fault of women, but of toxic, narrow models of manhood #HackLive
— Michael Flood (@MichaelGLFlood) June 20, 2017
“Men are afraid to show up to MRA meetings”
Women are afraid to walk down the street #HackLive— Beautiful Nik (@wine_mum_) June 20, 2017
The MRA was also lambasted for his take on domestic violence and sexual assault, equating it with the experience of being “kicked in the nuts”. Ford was quick to dispute this point, remarking that “that’s hardly the same as the statistic reflecting on average one women a week is killed by her partner.”
comparing being kicked in the nuts in highschool to women being MURDERED by men ARE YOU KIDDING #hacklive
— Laura McClintock (@LauraCarman) June 20, 2017
I’ve kicked dudes in the nuts twice in my life. Both times because they tried to touch me without consent. #hacklive
— Maddi (@MaddiLam) June 20, 2017
The person with the most unique perspective was probably Zisin, who has experienced life being treated as both a woman and a man. “I don’t get spoken over as much [as a man],” they said. “I get rewarded for being a feminist. People are blown away I care about women whereas when I was a woman I was called bossy and emotional.”
Thank goodness for Nevo’s trans perspective! Saying everything I’ve been shouting at the tv #HackLive
— Lauren (@lalalozz) June 20, 2017
Anyway, the whole thing is on iview if you feel like making yourself very, very angry.
I’ve had it on for 15 seconds and I already want to set fire to the TV #HackLive
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) June 20, 2017
How I feel about #HackLive pic.twitter.com/tvpn7FmR07
— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) June 20, 2017