Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Place of Publication
Perth, Western Australia
Abstract
Victorian feminist lawyer and social activist, Dr. Jocelynne Scutt, confronted the issue of women and power by drawing upon a powerful reading of stories from women. These stories, drawn from ordinary and not so ordinary women, showed the barriers that face women as they attempt to deal with a daily reality infused with masculine power, violence, fright, shame, and self-realization. She spoke poignantly of a world that is all to familiar to women; women whose capacities have been curbed sharply by a common theme in their lives: domination and coercion...
Comments
Butterworth, M. (Ed.). (1992). Women in Leadership National Conference 1992: Women, communication and power. Perth, Australia: Edith Cowan University.