Damned Whores and God's Police: The Colonization of Women in AustraliaIdeology of sexism in Australia, the nexus of oppression, sexist stereotypes past and present. |
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Page 89
... lives of men often merit inclusion but men's family lives and women's working and family lives are passed over . Culture is too often circum- scribed by definition to include only the public and easily accessible facets of people's lives ...
... lives of men often merit inclusion but men's family lives and women's working and family lives are passed over . Culture is too often circum- scribed by definition to include only the public and easily accessible facets of people's lives ...
Page 178
... lives and have never learnt to direct their own emotional lives . And for the women who spend a lifetime attending to other people's emotional needs there can also be devastating effects . As long as this function is seen as being ...
... lives and have never learnt to direct their own emotional lives . And for the women who spend a lifetime attending to other people's emotional needs there can also be devastating effects . As long as this function is seen as being ...
Page 216
... live their own lives without the protectorship of a man . Such women are seen as a challenge and a threat to the patriarchal system : if these women can get by without men and can try to control their lives and their bodies , they could ...
... live their own lives without the protectorship of a man . Such women are seen as a challenge and a threat to the patriarchal system : if these women can get by without men and can try to control their lives and their bodies , they could ...
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