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To My Page Dedicated to
Women
Nurturing and Caring for the People of the World.

Yes!!!, I know that men care for others too, the fact
remains, however, that the world we live in is dominated by
centuries-old masculine ideals of politics, wars, laws,
economics and priorities. I congratulate the ever-growing
numbers of men who do not agree with these beliefs and
are in agreement with groups such as the women's movement
in actively challenging and changing these systems.
 

I am unashamedly a feminist.
To me, this means that women are treated as unique beings,
not lesser or better than any other individual. (It does NOT
mean I have hairy under-arms and hate men!) I believe in
equality for all, although sometimes this means
treating some people more than equally for a while so they
can catch up. (This is the concept of equity.)
Differences in gender, age, status, race, sexual preference, ethnicity,
class, belief, etc. are not good enough reasons for blind hatred
and arrogance of one human toward another. I feel it is necessary
to stand out against bigotry in all forms right now.
I insist on doing this at every opportunity.
 

.I began my life in a time and place where it wasn't
much fun being a little girl. Due to this a major part of my life
has been taken up with coming to terms with the fact that it is
OK to be a woman. In the fifties and sixties in Australia
(and the rest of the Western World) women were secondary
to their men.
Females had to do what they were told to do, in that time
they had to vow to obey their husbands when they married.
There was no contraception available to women, no laws
against domestic violence or rape in marriage. Women did not
work after marriage and were not taught anything serious in
schools because it was seen as a 'waste of time' to teach them.
The only real career choices were teaching, nursing, clerical or
sales work. If a woman was raped, she had to be able to prove
to a court that she had been chaste and virginal beforehand for
there to be any chance of the man being found guilty. If a
woman was in an intolerable marriage, she had to prove to a
court that she was in no way to blame before she would be
granted a divorce. A woman could not buy property without a
male partner to co-sign the documents. She could not get a
bank loan. She could not wear trousers to work or school. She
couldn't go into a hotel without a man. She had no right to
comparable wages to men for the same job. She wasn't allowed
to do the same job most of the time anyway.
These were all happening as a matter of course just
twenty-five years ago.
This list could go on and on and on......

Be grateful, be very grateful, for what us old girls
in the women's movement did in the seventies, eighties and are
still doing in nineties. I don't know about the rest of the world on
all points, but EVERYTHING on the above list that women
could not do are now against the law in Australia.

 Women are now also demanding that action be taken on many
other fronts. Since the advent of the second wave women's
movement, there have been massive changes in the ways the
world has approached issues such as racial vilification,
child sex and abuse offences, the recognition of gay and lesbian
relationships, offences against the elderly and disabled.
The moderating influence that women have had on the political
climate, since they obtained a 'toe in the door' has been phenomenal.

Baby we've come a long way.
Our Spirit has been set free, may we use it well.
 

.Some Links to Women's Sites I Like....

The Weyr
  Katie's Castle
Music, Madness & Mayhem
Wise Women of the Dreamtime
Blue Like the Ocean and the Sky
Femcafe, Women's Issues & More
Atalantha's Magical Creatures
  Madona's Web of Dreams
Angels Site of Oddities
Momcat's Den

Some Feminist Links....

Amazon City
Virtual Sisterhood
Feminist Majority Foundation
Looking For It (Feminist Webzine)
WEL (Women's Electoral Lobby) Australia
Women Journeys, An Empowerment Place
Northern Sun, Online Feminist Shop
Quotations from Germaine Greer!
Feminist.com
. Canadian Women's Internet Association
Candlelight Vigil.
(in memory of feminists killed while
protesting for women's rights.)

Some Human Rights Links....

The Purple Ribbon Project
(Campaign Against Violence)
Amnesty International Australia
Amnesty International Online
Social Justice E-zine

Some Australian Indigenous Human Rights Links....
Action for Aboriginal Rights Link Page
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission
Sorry Ribbon Campaign  

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