Tag: women
Sunday essay: grey-haired and radiant – reimagining ageing for women
Musician and poet Patti Smith: ‘always evolving’. Dan Himbrechts/AAP
Ageist thought patterns and reactions are so embedded in Australian culture that even educated people, people who otherwise...
Hey, guess what, guys? Women vote too – and they may decide the outcome of this election
Image: AAP/Diego Fidele
Because “women’s issues” have been in the headlines over the last year, it may seem strange they have not been more prominent...
No, chivalry is not dead – but it’s about time it was
Image: Shutterstock
It is customary in many Western cultures for men to offer a range of special courtesies to women. This includes paying on dates,...
Five Female Forces
Written by Jessica Fernandez
Over the last decade we have seen women move from behind the man to leading the people. With female prime ministers...
Violence on Melbourne streets
The violent silence in the Australian landscape cries out for the victims that die or struggle to go on. The victims of the horrific...
What Australia’s convict past reveals about women, men, marriage and work
Male-dominated sex ratios in Australia’s history still
affect attitudes today. Wikimedia
Success for women often comes at a cost. Award-winning, election-winning and high-earning women are more likely to be divorced...