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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... married women , especially those with young children , seek part - time work3 and such women are not defined as being unemployed . If ' unemployed ' was defined to mean ' absence of any income ' then the percentage of Australian women ...
... married women , especially those with young children , seek part - time work3 and such women are not defined as being unemployed . If ' unemployed ' was defined to mean ' absence of any income ' then the percentage of Australian women ...
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Anne Summers. Women in the Workforce1 * Year 1901 1911 1921 Percentage of women at work 30.7 28.5 26.7 Female workforce as % of total workforce 20.5 20. I 20.3 Married female workforce as % of total female workforce n.a. II . I 9.2 ...
Anne Summers. Women in the Workforce1 * Year 1901 1911 1921 Percentage of women at work 30.7 28.5 26.7 Female workforce as % of total workforce 20.5 20. I 20.3 Married female workforce as % of total female workforce n.a. II . I 9.2 ...
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... woman is not alone in deciding that a paid job provides an attractive alternative to full - time domesticity . In the past decade the number of married women taking paid jobs has increased dramatically as the following table shows . Married ...
... woman is not alone in deciding that a paid job provides an attractive alternative to full - time domesticity . In the past decade the number of married women taking paid jobs has increased dramatically as the following table shows . Married ...
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