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 320
... large numbers of women were inadvertently sterilized as a result . Infanticide was widespread in Australia at the turn of the century.11 It was still not legally proscribed to kill a child in the process of birth ; and death ...
... large numbers of women were inadvertently sterilized as a result . Infanticide was widespread in Australia at the turn of the century.11 It was still not legally proscribed to kill a child in the process of birth ; and death ...
Page 406
... large cuts in wages and salaries , all but the wealthy had to engage in penny- pinching . For large numbers of people , the struggle simply to survive was a relentless daily battle to find enough food , to be able to pay rents and ...
... large cuts in wages and salaries , all but the wealthy had to engage in penny- pinching . For large numbers of people , the struggle simply to survive was a relentless daily battle to find enough food , to be able to pay rents and ...
Page 445
... Large numbers of women were needed to be social workers , health officers and office workers to support the activities of all these welfare agencies . Even larger numbers of women had to be employed in the multitudes of shops , theatres ...
... Large numbers of women were needed to be social workers , health officers and office workers to support the activities of all these welfare agencies . Even larger numbers of women had to be employed in the multitudes of shops , theatres ...
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