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 136
... recognize that stability is not always synonymous with family and that there are conflicts and breakdowns and deviations ; much of their prognosis is actually exhortation . This is what they think families should be like . But these ...
... recognize that stability is not always synonymous with family and that there are conflicts and breakdowns and deviations ; much of their prognosis is actually exhortation . This is what they think families should be like . But these ...
Page 354
... recognize Caroline Chisholm's specific contribution , not only in promoting family colonization , but in articulating a role for women . Caroline Chisholm was no feminist and she was well aware of the contradiction between her own ...
... recognize Caroline Chisholm's specific contribution , not only in promoting family colonization , but in articulating a role for women . Caroline Chisholm was no feminist and she was well aware of the contradiction between her own ...
Page 419
... recognize that while society divides power and responsibility on the basis of sex some of their sought - after aims ... recognizing that factors other than simple male dominance were involved . NOTES I. The first demands for female ...
... recognize that while society divides power and responsibility on the basis of sex some of their sought - after aims ... recognizing that factors other than simple male dominance were involved . NOTES I. The first demands for female ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
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