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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... stereotype is called ' God's Police ' while its antithesis is ' Damned Whore ' . ( The specific Australian origins of these terms and their connotations are described in Part Two . ) This means of assigning women into dual categories of ...
... stereotype is called ' God's Police ' while its antithesis is ' Damned Whore ' . ( The specific Australian origins of these terms and their connotations are described in Part Two . ) This means of assigning women into dual categories of ...
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... God's Police The God's Police stereotype describes and prescribes a set of functions which all Australian women are supposed to fulfil : the maintenance and reproduction of the basic authority relations of society . The prototype of ...
... God's Police The God's Police stereotype describes and prescribes a set of functions which all Australian women are supposed to fulfil : the maintenance and reproduction of the basic authority relations of society . The prototype of ...
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... God's Police stereotype by itself could barely win any woman's allegiance , even with its enticements of status and respectability . But the point of the polarized stereotypes is , as Figes pointed out , their rigidity : if you don't ...
... God's Police stereotype by itself could barely win any woman's allegiance , even with its enticements of status and respectability . But the point of the polarized stereotypes is , as Figes pointed out , their rigidity : if you don't ...
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