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Why do activists only want a certain type of woman in politics?

9 April 2021

1:18 PM

9 April 2021

1:18 PM

“Women are hard on women. Women dislike women.” — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own. 

Over the last century, the feminist movement both internationally and here in Australia has won enormous gains for the political empowerment of women. Encouraging women into positions of leadership has been an important part of that.

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