The Misogyny Factor

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by Anne Summers

In 2012, Anne Summers gave two landmark speeches about women in Australia, attracting more than 120,000 visits to her website. Within weeks of their delivery Prime Minister Julia Gillard's own speech about misogyny and sexism went viral and was celebrated around the world. Summers makes the case that Australia, the land of the fair go, still hasn't figured out how to make equality between men and women work. She shows how uncomfortable we are with the idea of women with political and financial power, let alone the reality. Summers dismisses the idea that we should celebrate progress for women as opposed to outright success. She shows what success will look like.

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Why is it that in a country such as Canada that is economically and culturally similar to Australia, 80 per cent of women aged 25 to 54 are in full-time work, while in Australia only 66 per cent are

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Why is it that in a country such as Canada that is economically and culturally similar to Australia, 80 per cent of women aged 25 to 54 are in full-time work, while in Australia only 66 per cent are

— Anne Summers, The Misogyny Factor