Movember rips off men's health dollars

Even though it might make sense to have men supported by other men, Movember takes a different tack. Given that the suicide prevention sector is female dominated – with over 70% of mental health nurses, psychologists and other support people being women - the focus of much of Movember's suicide prevention work is training these women to talk to men. Stop men slipping through the cracks, says their promotion, claiming they provide the latest strategies to teach these women to talk to vulnerable men.

This means they blame men for being unwilling to reach out to a friend for "fear of being judged or appearing vulnerable or weak." Here's where Movember's healthy masculinities ideology seeps in and the program becomes one more way of fixing men rather than helping them. They push the standard feminist narrative, claiming men are defective and if they are suffering it must be their own fault.

It's easy to prove that's utter nonsense. One recent study found that 91% of male suicides had actually sought help. And there's good evidence that most male suicides are not linked to mental health issues.

It's not only the Mo sisterhood which is pushing this line. There are males who are key players in the charity, like Australian psychologist Zac Siedler who, as their Global Director of Men's Health Research, is responsible for all these programs.

Self-described feminist Siedler has become the leftist media's favored source for pronouncements about toxic masculinity and other male deficiencies. Recently he wrote an article assuring ABC readers that parents shouldn't be concerned about sons being falsely accused of sexual misconduct. "The number of false accusations that stick is negligible," Siedler opined. "If your son does not cross the line, if he doesn't teeter on the 'edge of consent,' if he doesn't misuse his power to control or belittle others, he will be just fine." Oh yeh?

In such hands it is hardly surprising that blaming men has become Movember's key strategy. In 2023, they launched the Movember Institute of Men's Health, investing $1.5 million in a partnership with the Clinton Foundation to explore "how different masculinities shape men's health outcomes."

Last year I wrote about Movember providing $3.2 million to contribute to the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children - running a program for the government to help young men and boys "foster healthy, respectful relationships as part of efforts to end gender-based violence."

Since then they have generously increased that funding to $5.5 million over 4 years.

So it goes on. Yes, Movember does run some sensible programs for tackling diet, weight and heart issues, promoting mental fitness and social connection, as well as work on prostate and testicular cancer.

But it is alarming to see that this much celebrated male charity has been captured by feminists and is diverting funds to women and anti-male programs. No wonder the Albanese government is ultra happy to hand over responsibility for men's health to this mob.

Every day I am contacted by desperate men seeking help. Abused men, fathers who have lost everything in legal fights to see their children, men escaping violence, sleeping in their cars. We have nowhere to send them, so very few resources.

That's what makes the monstrous wealth of Movember so infuriating, knowing that they are profiting from the goodwill towards men in our community and exploiting it to promote anti-male propaganda.