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Deeply disturbed by this news.
Julien Blanc, self-described pick-up artist who promotes choking women, leaves Australia and has visa cancelled
How Twitter took down US pick-up artist Julien Blanc
Friends from the US, have you heard of this guy before? What's happening to some men that they need to spend money to 'learn' from this psycho?
What's worrying is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Rates of domestic violence against women - regardless of country - are at epidemic levels. Some serious prayer for men at large needed. For those of us who are men, we need to be more vocal about condemning these things. We also need to be vigilant about our own attitudes towards women. Physical violence and disgusting pick-up tactics aren't the only mediums through which women are disrespected. The way we talk about women with our mates, the way we treat women in front of younger men, what we do in the hidden privacy of our bedrooms - it all matters.
Both women and men were made equally in God's image. As followers of Christ, we need to work as hard as we can to model that truth in a fallen world that seems to have totally lost grip of it.
Julien Blanc, self-described pick-up artist who promotes choking women, leaves Australia and has visa cancelled
How Twitter took down US pick-up artist Julien Blanc
Julien Blanc, 25, was due to give a talk at Melbourne's Como Hotel on Wednesday night advising men how to "pick up women from open to close". His tactics, which include choking women and pulling them into his crotch, were criticised online as misogynistic and abusive.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has told Sky News he decided to cancel Mr Blanc's visa. "This guy wasn't pushing forward political ideas, he was putting a view that was derogatory to women and that's just something that our values abhor in this country," he said.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has told Sky News he decided to cancel Mr Blanc's visa. "This guy wasn't pushing forward political ideas, he was putting a view that was derogatory to women and that's just something that our values abhor in this country," he said.
What's worrying is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Rates of domestic violence against women - regardless of country - are at epidemic levels. Some serious prayer for men at large needed. For those of us who are men, we need to be more vocal about condemning these things. We also need to be vigilant about our own attitudes towards women. Physical violence and disgusting pick-up tactics aren't the only mediums through which women are disrespected. The way we talk about women with our mates, the way we treat women in front of younger men, what we do in the hidden privacy of our bedrooms - it all matters.
Both women and men were made equally in God's image. As followers of Christ, we need to work as hard as we can to model that truth in a fallen world that seems to have totally lost grip of it.