It was sex that launched Bettina Arndt’s long career. As one of the country’s first sex therapists she spent her early career talking about sex on television and radio and teaching medical students and other professionals. She then worked as a social commentator, writing and talking mainly about gender issues. 

By the 1980s she'd had enough of a good thing. She gave up sex - professionally speaking - and moved onto writing for newspapers and magazines about broader social issues. As a respected social commentator, she was invited onto government advisory committees covering issues from childcare and ageing to family law and child support.

Having started out as a feminist, Bettina became increasingly concerned that our society is no longer interested in equality but rather, advancing women at the expense of men. Recently Bettina has been speaking out about the many areas where men don’t receive fair treatment, particularly in the kangaroo courts adjudicating sexual assault at our universities. 

In 2019 the riot squad were called in to protect Bettina’s audience at Sydney University which led to the Federal Government conducting a free speech inquiry and now legislating for new rules to ensure open debate on our campuses. 

Bettina was recently was made a member of the Order of Australia for her work “promoting gender equity through advocacy for men.” This led to a ferocious feminist campaign using fake stories cherry-picked from her work to try to cancel her. She sees the whole kerfuffle as a sure sign that she is over the target.