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 12
... feminist leaders to compromise on substance or tactics left American women without a constitutional guarantee of equality . Why is this the case ? Why has the movement which brought the world the second wave of feminism proved incapable ...
... feminist leaders to compromise on substance or tactics left American women without a constitutional guarantee of equality . Why is this the case ? Why has the movement which brought the world the second wave of feminism proved incapable ...
Page 297
... feminism . Such women are called Aunty Toms by feminists and fulfil exactly the same function for sexisrn as black Uncle Toms fulfil for racism : they deny the existence of the oppression which makes their success so very conspicuous ...
... feminism . Such women are called Aunty Toms by feminists and fulfil exactly the same function for sexisrn as black Uncle Toms fulfil for racism : they deny the existence of the oppression which makes their success so very conspicuous ...
Page 395
... feminists and which received substantial support from other women . Feminism on anything more than an individual scale first appeared in Australia with the demand for the vote and while not all those who advocated female suffrage were ...
... feminists and which received substantial support from other women . Feminism on anything more than an individual scale first appeared in Australia with the demand for the vote and while not all those who advocated female suffrage were ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
Copyright | |
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