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 322
... seen as worthy women . They were whores , not wives . At the end of the transportation period in New South Wales the rate of marriage began to increase . Between 1841 and 1846 the ratio of married to unmarried increased by 3.3 per cent ...
... seen as worthy women . They were whores , not wives . At the end of the transportation period in New South Wales the rate of marriage began to increase . Between 1841 and 1846 the ratio of married to unmarried increased by 3.3 per cent ...
Page 342
... seen , excluded the women tainted by it from marriage or at least from the respectable status that marriage and family were now intended to bestow . The position of women was the key to family development . The bourgeois family required ...
... seen , excluded the women tainted by it from marriage or at least from the respectable status that marriage and family were now intended to bestow . The position of women was the key to family development . The bourgeois family required ...
Page 383
... seen as playing a vital part in this . Mother- hood became a special vocation which required special , scientific training ; it had attached to it a high status since mothers were seen as the people who instilled these civic virtues in ...
... seen as playing a vital part in this . Mother- hood became a special vocation which required special , scientific training ; it had attached to it a high status since mothers were seen as the people who instilled these civic virtues in ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
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