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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Anne Summers. THE PILL : THE NEW OPPRESSOR The Pill is posed as a panacea to all women's worries about unwanted pregnancies : the daily swallowing of a tiny tablet will ensure that fertility can be controlled with none of the risk of ...
Anne Summers. THE PILL : THE NEW OPPRESSOR The Pill is posed as a panacea to all women's worries about unwanted pregnancies : the daily swallowing of a tiny tablet will ensure that fertility can be controlled with none of the risk of ...
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... Pill supposedly holds out to women is that , at last , free from worrying about whether each sexual encounter could produce a pregnancy , they will be able to relax and enjoy sex . What is offered with one hand , however , is cruelly ...
... Pill supposedly holds out to women is that , at last , free from worrying about whether each sexual encounter could produce a pregnancy , they will be able to relax and enjoy sex . What is offered with one hand , however , is cruelly ...
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... Pill until a combination which reduced this risk was developed . Since then the only reported medical disquiet concerning the Pill has centred around recent reports that some forms of oral contraceptives could cause infertility . 35 It ...
... Pill until a combination which reduced this risk was developed . Since then the only reported medical disquiet concerning the Pill has centred around recent reports that some forms of oral contraceptives could cause infertility . 35 It ...
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