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 28
... femininity are infecting the psyches of these young girls , and why are they so insidious ? Why do they find the world so difficult just when it seems to be providing them with chances not available to any previous generation of women ...
... femininity are infecting the psyches of these young girls , and why are they so insidious ? Why do they find the world so difficult just when it seems to be providing them with chances not available to any previous generation of women ...
Page 289
... femininity is invoked . to persuade them that this is a desirable state of affairs . ' Nice ' women , they are told , do not reside at the level of carnality and ought not to be preoccupied with their bodies or their sexuality . That is ...
... femininity is invoked . to persuade them that this is a desirable state of affairs . ' Nice ' women , they are told , do not reside at the level of carnality and ought not to be preoccupied with their bodies or their sexuality . That is ...
Page 536
... femininity , housework , midwives , witches Female Employees Union , 356 Female Factory , Cascades , 326- 7 , 330 Female Factory , Parramatta , 319 , 326-8 , 330-1 see also Ms Gordon , marriage mart Female immigration , 322-4 , 345-6 ...
... femininity , housework , midwives , witches Female Employees Union , 356 Female Factory , Cascades , 326- 7 , 330 Female Factory , Parramatta , 319 , 326-8 , 330-1 see also Ms Gordon , marriage mart Female immigration , 322-4 , 345-6 ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
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