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 135
... lives of men often merit inclusion but men's family lives and women's working and family lives are passed over . Culture is too often circum- scribed by definition to include only the public and easily accessible facets of people's lives ...
... lives of men often merit inclusion but men's family lives and women's working and family lives are passed over . Culture is too often circum- scribed by definition to include only the public and easily accessible facets of people's lives ...
Page 224
... lives and have never learnt to direct their own emotional lives . And for the women who spend a lifetime attending to other people's emotional needs there can also be devastating effects . As long as this function is seen as being ...
... lives and have never learnt to direct their own emotional lives . And for the women who spend a lifetime attending to other people's emotional needs there can also be devastating effects . As long as this function is seen as being ...
Page 263
... live their own lives without the protectorship of a man . Such women are seen as a challenge and a threat to the patriarchal system : if these women can get by without men and can try to control their lives and their bodies , they could ...
... live their own lives without the protectorship of a man . Such women are seen as a challenge and a threat to the patriarchal system : if these women can get by without men and can try to control their lives and their bodies , they could ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
Copyright | |
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