| ISBN |
9781863956024 (paperback) |
| Author |
Goldsworthy, Anna (author.) |
| Title |
Unfinished business : sex, freedom and misogyny / Anna Goldsworthy. |
| Running title |
QE 50 2013 |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Collingwood, Vic. : Black Inc., 2013. |
| Collingwood, Vic. Black Inc., 2013. |
| Description |
126 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Quarterly essay issue 50 (2013) |
| Note |
Cover title. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-79) |
| Contents |
Includes correspondence : Andrew Charlton, Jim Chalmers, Peter Brent, Russell Marks, Guy Rundle, Louise Tarrant, Troy Bramston, Nicholas Reece, Mark Latham. |
| Summary |
Western women today have unprecedented freedom and power. In Australia we have a female prime minister and governor-general; women are at the forefront of almost every area of public life. Yet when Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech ricocheted around the world, it clearly touched a nerve. Why? For young women in particular, it is both rewarding and confusing. What cultural messages do they receive about work and home, about sex and their bodies? Why do so many reject the feminist label? And why does pop culture wink at us with storylines featuring submissive women, from Mad Men to 50 Shades of Grey to the darker recesses of pornography? With piercing insight, Anna Goldsworthy lays bare the dilemmas of being a woman today and asks how women can truly become free agents. |
| Subjects |
Women -- Social life and customs -- 21st century |
| Women -- Australia -- Social conditions -- 21st century |
| Misogyny |
| Women's rights |
| Women -- Social life and customs -- Twenty-first century |
| Women -- Social life and customs -- 21st century |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Charlton, Andrew, 1978- (correspondent.) |
| Chalmers, Jim (correspondent.) |
| Brent, Peter, 1931- (correspondent.) |
| Marks, Russell (correspondent.) |
| Rundle, Guy (correspondent.) |
| Tarrant, Louise (correspondent.) |
| Bramston, Troy (correspondent.) |
| Reece, Nicholas (correspondent.) |
| Latham, Mark, 1961- (correspondent.) |
| Series |
Quarterly essay (Melbourne, Vic.) issue 50 (2013). |
| Call number |
S 306 QUA (no. 50) |
