Men's rights activist and social commentator Bettina Arndt was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia earlier this year.



The award to Arndt — which recognised her "significant service to the community as a social commentator, and to gender equity through advocacy for men" — was controversial, and provoked calls from a state attorney-general, a former Australian of the Year and a survivor of rape to strip Arndt of the title. A state government minister even tweeted on Friday that Arndt should "STFU".

So far, the Council for the Order of Australia hasn't budged.



Let's take a look at some of the things Arndt has said in the 26 short days since she was bestowed with one of Australia's most prestigious civic honours on Jan. 26.



1. The police were right to suggest a man who killed his estranged wife and their three children may have been "a husband being driven too far".