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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Page 149
... Marriage for most women is not a matter of choice but a desperate necessity their only means of survival . This absence of choice is also disguised by the romantic myths of marriage , myths which are so persuasively propagated that each ...
... Marriage for most women is not a matter of choice but a desperate necessity their only means of survival . This absence of choice is also disguised by the romantic myths of marriage , myths which are so persuasively propagated that each ...
Page 193
... marriage . This combination of wanting self - fulfilment and feeling a responsibility to instil a favourable disposition towards marriage and family in their children may lead a couple to decide to separate and obtain a divorce . Such a ...
... marriage . This combination of wanting self - fulfilment and feeling a responsibility to instil a favourable disposition towards marriage and family in their children may lead a couple to decide to separate and obtain a divorce . Such a ...
Page 389
... marriage itself offers less attraction , [ since these young women would no longer be able to afford to adorn themselves with the latest fashions ] , the actual chance of marriage is lessened . There is less material prosperity for married ...
... marriage itself offers less attraction , [ since these young women would no longer be able to afford to adorn themselves with the latest fashions ] , the actual chance of marriage is lessened . There is less material prosperity for married ...
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