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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... femininity Women have been stripped of their own culture and have had an alien one imposed upon them . That colonial culture is referred to as ' femininity ' and is so thoroughly and pervasively propagated to women that they have been ...
... femininity Women have been stripped of their own culture and have had an alien one imposed upon them . That colonial culture is referred to as ' femininity ' and is so thoroughly and pervasively propagated to women that they have been ...
Page 239
... femininity as evidence that they are not oppressed . They do not recognize that in allowing such changes , the colonizers are merely making political calculations about the steps necessary to keep women deluded about the existence and ...
... femininity as evidence that they are not oppressed . They do not recognize that in allowing such changes , the colonizers are merely making political calculations about the steps necessary to keep women deluded about the existence and ...
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The Colonization of Women in Australia Anne Summers. The woman who eschews femininity , who is content with her natural shape and size and smell , who is impatient with the lengthy rituals of femininity , is condemned by both sexes . To ...
The Colonization of Women in Australia Anne Summers. The woman who eschews femininity , who is content with her natural shape and size and smell , who is impatient with the lengthy rituals of femininity , is condemned by both sexes . To ...
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