Damned Whores and God's PoliceFeminist perspective first published in 1975 of how Australia's history and culture have limited women's roles in society. A new introduction discusses changes relevant to each original chapter and comments on issues still requiring change. The final chapter of the first edition, an attempt to look into the future, is replaced with an analysis of the women's movement from 1975-93. Summers is a former consultant to Prime Minister Paul Keating's Office for the Status of Women and currently editor of 'Good Weekend' magazine. |
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Page 192
... marriage for men , but also that many men feel that they have been coerced into marriage and that in marrying they have surrendered some of their freedom . And it is true that many women resort to desperate and distasteful measures in ...
... marriage for men , but also that many men feel that they have been coerced into marriage and that in marrying they have surrendered some of their freedom . And it is true that many women resort to desperate and distasteful measures in ...
Page 195
... Marriage for most women is not a matter of choice but a desperate necessity their only means of survival . This absence of choice is also disguised by the romantic myths of marriage , myths which are so persuasively propagated that each ...
... Marriage for most women is not a matter of choice but a desperate necessity their only means of survival . This absence of choice is also disguised by the romantic myths of marriage , myths which are so persuasively propagated that each ...
Page 239
... marriage . This combination of wanting self - fulfilment and feeling a responsibility to instil a favourable disposition towards marriage and family in their children may lead a couple to decide to separate and obtain a divorce . Such a ...
... marriage . This combination of wanting self - fulfilment and feeling a responsibility to instil a favourable disposition towards marriage and family in their children may lead a couple to decide to separate and obtain a divorce . Such a ...
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