“It doesn't matter how politically progressive your household is when it comes to aspirations outside the home and the limitless capabilites of women; if it's made clear within those four walls that it is the responsiblity of women to perform the unpaid labour of domesticity, this is the value system that children will internalise: boys are born to rule the world, and girls to clean up after them.” WomenFeminismPatriarchyGender OppressionDomestic DutiesUnpaid Labour Book:Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship Source: Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship
“Recently, I wrote that feminism was 'finding a way of being a girl that doesn't hurt' a way for girls and women to re-negotiate our understanding of the world so that we can become a full and equal part of it rather than just a means of decorating it; to move towards a place where the mere act of being a girl isn't used against us as both a threat and an obligation. Through feminism, I have found a peace of sorts from the sense that my femaleness required a constant apology so that I might be given permission to pass through these narrow corridors.” WorldWayMeanMightMovingUsedGirlFoundGivenUnderstandingWomenHurtFeminismEqualFindingsConstantThreatMereObligationApologyPermissionCorridorsDecoratingBeing A Girl Author:Clementine Ford
“It would be rare to find a woman who hadn't endured some kind of ridicule for stepping out of line. When the market dictates that a woman's value is primarily attached to her looks and deferential behaviour, it's the threat of sexually degrading insults that help to keep her in check.” LooksKindHelpingWould BeValuesWomenLinesThreatChecksInsultBehaviourRidiculeSexuallyDegrading Author:Clementine Ford
“In our current society, it is considered a weakness to be female and a treason to protest this. Highlighting inequality results in aggressive insults and threats, all of which are propped up by the repeated narrative now that women are 'playing the gender card'. And this is the final insult. That of all the unfair things associated with women - the violence and insults, the financial oppression, the very undermining of our worth as human beings - it is the acknowledgement of these inequalities that gives us some kind of unfair advantage over the men who benefit from them.” MenGivingHumansKindWomenHuman BeingsResultsViolenceHe ManBenefitsWeaknessAdvantageFemaleThreatFinalsFinancialCurrentsGenderOppressionCardsInequalityNarrativeInsultProtestAggressiveUnfairTreasonAcknowledgementUnderminingHighlightingUnfair Advantage Author:Clementine Ford
“What all this tells me is that a large proportion of the people in positions of power across Australia - politicians and media pundits included - just don't consider the beating down of women to be of any consequence. Half the time they won't even acknowledge it, let alone take a stand against it, preferring instead to gaslight women and pretend it's all in their head. Are these the kinds of people we want making decisions for us? The ones who think mockery about women's genitals is bad when it targets no one in particular, but OK when it targets the Prime Minister?” PeopleThinkingWantKindWomenDecisionHalfMediaPositionParticularPoliticianConsequenceMinistersAcknowledgeProportionAustraliaTargetPrimePrime MinisterMockeryMaking DecisionsPunditsPosition Of Power Author:Clementine Ford
