Misogyny and misrepresentation : Women in Australian parliaments

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2013

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Sawer, Marian

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Victoria University Press

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Australia's first woman Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, was sworn into office in 2010. In 2012 she was driven to make a powerful speech on misogyny, which reverberated around the world. This research note explores the circumstances prompting the Prime Mini

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Keywords: gender politics; misogyny; representation; women political leaders; women's policy

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Political Science

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Journal article

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