Gender roles in contemporary Australia

Michael Gilding

Gender roles in contemporary Australia

Michael Gilding

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Abstract

There was not much ambiguity about the way in which the Australian Women's Weekly presented gender roles in the 1950s. Men were breadwinners and women were housewives. In March 1959, though, the magazine ran a story which reflected changes and tensions around these roles. Entitled My Wife Works and I Hate It, it began: 'I don't mind women who work don't have to work - if they have to. Let's be clear about that. But many women who work don't have to work o and my wife is one of them'.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contemporary Australian Feminism
Editors	Kate Pritchard Hughes
Place of Publication	Melbourne
Publisher	Longman Cheshire
Pages	102-122
Number of pages	20
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	0582876532
Publication status	Published - 1994
Externally published	Yes

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