This provocative examination by a media-savvy writer who remains at the forefront of the political debate surrounding gender equality explores why equality between men and women has failed to be achieved in Australia. In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks thereafter, Prime Minister Julia Gillard's own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. However, Summers makes the case that Australians are still uncomfortable with the idea of women with political...
This provocative examination by a media-savvy writer who remains at the forefront of the political debate surrounding gender equality explores why ...
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when "Damned Whores and God s Police" was first published in 1975. That was before the Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 and before large numbers of women became visible in employment, in politics and elsewhere across society. It was in this climate that Anne Summers identified damned whores and God s police, the stereotypes that characterized all women as being either virtuous mothers whose function was to civilize society or bad girls who refused, or were unable, to conform to that norm and...
Sexual harassment, domestic violence and date rape had not been named, although they certainly existed, when "Damned Whores and God s Police" was firs...
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. the close ties between the founder of Liberal Judaism in Britain, and the wife of the leader of the Labour Party, between the wealthy leader of the Zionist women's movement and a passionate socialist woman MP.
This book offers an entirely new contribution to the history of multiculturalism in Britain, 1880-1940. the close ties between the founder of Liberal ...
