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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... culture is a bewildering and problematic one . Once we have extended our idea of culture beyond the conventional conception of it as a deposit of intellectual and artistic artefacts , we can see that women can legitimately claim a ' culture ...
... culture is a bewildering and problematic one . Once we have extended our idea of culture beyond the conventional conception of it as a deposit of intellectual and artistic artefacts , we can see that women can legitimately claim a ' culture ...
Page 113
... culture which is sexist and patriarchal . - It is only at this fourth ' level ' of culture that everyday life women have an explicit and acknowledged place . Even here their status is low and their activities , because they are so taken ...
... culture which is sexist and patriarchal . - It is only at this fourth ' level ' of culture that everyday life women have an explicit and acknowledged place . Even here their status is low and their activities , because they are so taken ...
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... cultural domination of women . The imposition of 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 ...
... cultural domination of women . The imposition of 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 ...
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