Nine women have been killed by domestic and family violence in Australia so far this year. According to the Counting Dead Women campaign, some of the deaths are the result of femicide — intentional killing with a gender-related motivation. It’s the most extreme form of misogyny, a deeply ingrained prejudice that Australia has still not eradicated.

Discrimination against women and girls, gender stereotypes and harmful social norms still shape behaviours at home, in workplaces and schools and, increasingly, in public and online spaces.

We know from the latest statistics that despite efforts to stop intimate partner violence, it continues. Last year, 51 women died violent deaths. Even in rich Australia, with its equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws, a culture of misogyny remains embedded in almost all spheres.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s astoundingly patronising descriptor of Grace Tame as “difficult” is the latest high-profile example of just how embedded these prejudices are.

Tame, herself a survivor of sexual violence, has done the country a huge service in educating about misogyny and how to eradicate sexual violence in institutional settings. Tame was feted for her........

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