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 137
... existence in each area , people interact with and impose on that social existence . The resulting ' self ' will be a product of this dialectic . But the social foundations of ' self ' are acquired in infancy while the young person is ...
... existence in each area , people interact with and impose on that social existence . The resulting ' self ' will be a product of this dialectic . But the social foundations of ' self ' are acquired in infancy while the young person is ...
Page 160
... existence . Women are invisible in Australian culture and they are supposed to accept that their existence is denied . Those who extol the revered place which ' the family ' has in this country rarely consider the toll taken by the ...
... existence . Women are invisible in Australian culture and they are supposed to accept that their existence is denied . Those who extol the revered place which ' the family ' has in this country rarely consider the toll taken by the ...
Page 167
... existence and , more important , the causes , of several important areas of poverty . For instance , although the Henderson survey devoted a great deal of attention to the poverty of aged people , there was no specific mention made of ...
... existence and , more important , the causes , of several important areas of poverty . For instance , although the Henderson survey devoted a great deal of attention to the poverty of aged people , there was no specific mention made of ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
Copyright | |
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