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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Page 445
... equal pay which had produced the situation of women being kept on while men lost their jobs . She pointed out that the Clothing Trade Union's claim for an equal basic wage in 1926 was refused by Judge Drake - Brockman who set the female ...
... equal pay which had produced the situation of women being kept on while men lost their jobs . She pointed out that the Clothing Trade Union's claim for an equal basic wage in 1926 was refused by Judge Drake - Brockman who set the female ...
Page 446
... equal pay existed in all occupations , women should necessarily step down from their jobs in periods of wide - spread male unemployment . - The issue of equal pay obscured then , as it still does today , the more fundamental question of ...
... equal pay existed in all occupations , women should necessarily step down from their jobs in periods of wide - spread male unemployment . - The issue of equal pay obscured then , as it still does today , the more fundamental question of ...
Page 535
... equal pay , maternity leave , nursemaids , shop assistants , unemployment , unions , wages , women's unions Employment of women , opposition to , 433 Encel , Sol , 63 , 103 Engels , F. , 215 , 290 Equal employment opportunity , 19 , 23 ...
... equal pay , maternity leave , nursemaids , shop assistants , unemployment , unions , wages , women's unions Employment of women , opposition to , 433 Encel , Sol , 63 , 103 Engels , F. , 215 , 290 Equal employment opportunity , 19 , 23 ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
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