rESPONSIBLE Relationships & treatment of all people
1. Responsible relationships respect people of all walks of life.
Leaders must remind people, players and club members that there is NO place for racism or discrimination in life today. See the example of Eastern Football Leagues Policy and view the Australian Football Leagues (AFL) you tube video used to raise awareness of this issue. Racial Vilification Law in Australia makes it clear how serious the issue of discrimination can be in sports or in all walks of life in Australia today.
2. Domestic violence and how to get help.
Domestic violence is taken seriously by law makers and police in Australia. See domestic Violence Facts.
Getting help with Domestic Violence
3. What men can do to stop violence against women?
• Start with yourself.
-- Don’t use violence.
-- Build respectful and non‑violent relations with women.
-- Boycott and resist sexist and violence‑supportive culture.
-- Inform yourself of the realities of men’s violence against women. Go to White Ribbon Day.
To build non‑violent and equal relationships with female partners,
men should: STANDUP AGAINST IT. Watch video.
• Be respectful: listen non‑judgementally, be emotionally affirming,
value opinions;
• Negotiate and behave fairly: seek mutually satisfying resolutions to conflicts,
be willing to compromise;
• Share responsibility: mutually agree on fair distributions of household work,
make family decisions together;
• Adopt economic partnership: make money decisions together, and make
sure both partners benefit from financial arrangements;
• Be non‑threatening: talk and act so that she feels safe and comfortable
expressing herself and doing things;
• Be honest and accountable: accept responsibility for yourself, admit being
wrong, and communicate openly and truthfully.
• Offer trust and support: support her goals in life, and respect her right to her
own feelings, friends, activities and opinions.
Leaders must remind people, players and club members that there is NO place for racism or discrimination in life today. See the example of Eastern Football Leagues Policy and view the Australian Football Leagues (AFL) you tube video used to raise awareness of this issue. Racial Vilification Law in Australia makes it clear how serious the issue of discrimination can be in sports or in all walks of life in Australia today.
2. Domestic violence and how to get help.
Domestic violence is taken seriously by law makers and police in Australia. See domestic Violence Facts.
Getting help with Domestic Violence
3. What men can do to stop violence against women?
• Start with yourself.
-- Don’t use violence.
-- Build respectful and non‑violent relations with women.
-- Boycott and resist sexist and violence‑supportive culture.
-- Inform yourself of the realities of men’s violence against women. Go to White Ribbon Day.
To build non‑violent and equal relationships with female partners,
men should: STANDUP AGAINST IT. Watch video.
• Be respectful: listen non‑judgementally, be emotionally affirming,
value opinions;
• Negotiate and behave fairly: seek mutually satisfying resolutions to conflicts,
be willing to compromise;
• Share responsibility: mutually agree on fair distributions of household work,
make family decisions together;
• Adopt economic partnership: make money decisions together, and make
sure both partners benefit from financial arrangements;
• Be non‑threatening: talk and act so that she feels safe and comfortable
expressing herself and doing things;
• Be honest and accountable: accept responsibility for yourself, admit being
wrong, and communicate openly and truthfully.
• Offer trust and support: support her goals in life, and respect her right to her
own feelings, friends, activities and opinions.