Misogyny and misrepresentation : Women in Australian parliaments

Sawer, Marian

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Misogyny and misrepresentation : Women in Australian parliaments

Date

2013

Authors

Sawer, Marian

Publisher

Victoria University Press

Abstract

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