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She’s got it: Responses to Tony Abbott’s ‘sex appeal’ comments
The Conversation, Vol.16 August
The Conversation Media Group
2013
Abstract
Since opposition leader Tony Abbott’s self-described “daggy dad” comments about Liberal candidate Fiona Scott’s sex appeal, gender issues have re-emerged in Australian politics.
Labor frontbenchers claim that these comments reveal what Abbott “really thinks” about women, and cite it as evidence that he is stuck in the past – “a 20th century man”.
But beyond their immediate use for point-scoring in the election campaign, responses to Abbott’s remarks reveal some of the complex and competing elements of how sexism is responded to in Australian social life.
Details
- Title
- She’s got it: Responses to Tony Abbott’s ‘sex appeal’ comments
- Authors/Creators
- N. Donaghue (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- The Conversation, Vol.16 August
- Publisher
- The Conversation Media Group
- Identifiers
- 991005544970407891
- Copyright
- The Author
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Psychology and Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other
- Publisher URL
- http://theconversation.com/au
- Resource Sub-type
- Nonrefereed Article
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