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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Still lacking her rights at work: the treatment of women politicians in the Australian parliament and print news media |
Author: | Johnson, C. Williams, B. |
Citation: | Australasian Parliamentary Review, 2021; 36(2):110-129 |
Publisher: | Australian Study of Parliament Group |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
ISSN: | 0816-9152 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Carol Johnson, Blair Williams |
Abstract: | Anne Summers’ 2012 speech entitled ‘Her Rights at Work’ examined the ‘sexist and discriminatory treatment of Australia’s first female prime minister’, Julia Gillard, by both the Opposition and a section of the broader public. This paper will argue that parliament is still all too often a sexist and discriminatory place of work for women politicians and that parliamentary sexism and discrimination is often exacerbated by the news media’s coverage of incidents. While providing a broader background, the paper will focus on several key case studies of parliamentary events and subsequent media coverage, including: Gillard’s ‘Misogyny speech’; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s ‘slut-shaming’; and former Liberal MP Julia Banks’ criticism of parliament’s sexism. |
Keywords: | gender parliament media women politicians workplace rights |
Description: | The online version of each APR Journal becomes available publicly six months after its release. |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP180100251 |
Published version: | https://www.aspg.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Still-Lacking-her-Rights-at-Work.pdf |
Appears in Collections: | Politics publications |
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