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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... husband each time the poet / housewife takes up her pen to write.30 Charmian Clift recounted how her work suffered because of her other duties : I knew by this time [ 1946 ] I was a writer and of course George [ Johnston , her husband ] ...
... husband each time the poet / housewife takes up her pen to write.30 Charmian Clift recounted how her work suffered because of her other duties : I knew by this time [ 1946 ] I was a writer and of course George [ Johnston , her husband ] ...
Page 134
... husbands choose to pay them as ' housekeeping money ' . There is no minimum amount , nor even a fixed proportion of the husband's income , which a woman can legally expect to receive in return for her services of keeping house , cooking ...
... husbands choose to pay them as ' housekeeping money ' . There is no minimum amount , nor even a fixed proportion of the husband's income , which a woman can legally expect to receive in return for her services of keeping house , cooking ...
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... husband happy . Her own happiness will be a by - product of that determination , and will be assured in no other way ... The good wife realizes that in becoming a wife she contracts to forget self and put her husband's happiness above ...
... husband happy . Her own happiness will be a by - product of that determination , and will be assured in no other way ... The good wife realizes that in becoming a wife she contracts to forget self and put her husband's happiness above ...
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