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 137
... totally determined category . People can have several different ' selves ' for different areas of their lives and although each of these ' selves ' will be derived to a large extent from the imperatives of social existence in each area ...
... totally determined category . People can have several different ' selves ' for different areas of their lives and although each of these ' selves ' will be derived to a large extent from the imperatives of social existence in each area ...
Page 179
... totally ignored by society are women with some kind of physical disability . A surprisingly large number of women seeking refuge at Elsie have been women , often as young as sixteen , who have been abandoned by their parents and who are ...
... totally ignored by society are women with some kind of physical disability . A surprisingly large number of women seeking refuge at Elsie have been women , often as young as sixteen , who have been abandoned by their parents and who are ...
Page 232
... totally separated from work which is seen as people's main activity and must submit to the routines imposed by that . - - The sex instincts are not totally repressed , they are organized . They are channelled into genitality ( in ...
... totally separated from work which is seen as people's main activity and must submit to the routines imposed by that . - - The sex instincts are not totally repressed , they are organized . They are channelled into genitality ( in ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
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