Damned Whores and God's PoliceFeminist perspective first published in 1975 of how Australia's history and culture have limited women's roles in society. A new introduction discusses changes relevant to each original chapter and comments on issues still requiring change. The final chapter of the first edition, an attempt to look into the future, is replaced with an analysis of the women's movement from 1975-93. Summers is a former consultant to Prime Minister Paul Keating's Office for the Status of Women and currently editor of 'Good Weekend' magazine. |
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... government as a feminist bureaucrat or femocrat ' , as they are called , drew me into that very seductive world of helping theories evolve into government policies ; it was to be a time of activity and accomplishment where one could ...
... government as a feminist bureaucrat or femocrat ' , as they are called , drew me into that very seductive world of helping theories evolve into government policies ; it was to be a time of activity and accomplishment where one could ...
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... governments ( Labor governments , at any rate ) amongst the most progressive in the world on such issues . Similarly , the government has ratified the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 156 , thereby making it an aim of ...
... governments ( Labor governments , at any rate ) amongst the most progressive in the world on such issues . Similarly , the government has ratified the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 156 , thereby making it an aim of ...
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... government in turn created a pressure on us to engage with it . The distinctive pragmatism of the Australian women's movement was born in those years . Unlike the American movement which , after two decades of political disappointments ...
... government in turn created a pressure on us to engage with it . The distinctive pragmatism of the Australian women's movement was born in those years . Unlike the American movement which , after two decades of political disappointments ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
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