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Four women at a red carpet event, wearing elegant dresses, posing individually.

Celebrities shut down sexism

Instances of sexism happen every day, but there isn’t always a camera recording the interaction to broadcast to the world. The glaring difference between questions asked of male celebrities compared to their female counterparts has been a much talked about topic in recent years, and women have started pushing for more challenging questions about their […]
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1940s couple

Sexist sex tips from the 1940s

The ideal woman always pretends she's a virgin, and doesn't even think about speaking to her man for at least 30 minutes after the act.
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Why are our surgeons so sexist?

Why are our surgeons so sexist?

Surgery in Australia has become an obscene boys’ club for some, ruled by innuendo and sexual harassment. But there are whistle-blower female surgeons fighting the system – at great personal cost.
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Best Actress winner Patricia Arqutte

So were actresses asked more at the Oscars?

The revolt on the red carpet has been building for some time, with accomplished actresses tiring of being asked searing questions like 'who they’re wearing' and 'what’s in their clutch', with little to no interest in their views on, well, anything
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Julianne Moore with her SAG award for her role in Still Alice.

Julianne Moore and refuse to pose for the mani cam

Enough, enough, enough already. Enough with asking serious, intelligent, professional women asinine, ridiculous (and downright rude) questions about their hair, their shoes, even their underpants on the red carpet. They’re actors, not models. They’re grown-ups, not children. Can’t we show them a little respect? Take the case of Julianne Moore, who has this year been […]
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Women protest The Sun's topless page 3 girl tradition.

Has The Sun done away with its topless page 3 girls?

In terms of dodgy British traditions that have somehow stuck around, the top honour must indeed go to the topless ‘page 3 girls’ that have graced the pages of The Sun tabloid since 1970. However the long and bewildering reign of the page 3 girl might finally be over with sources at the Murdoch owned […]
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Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in 1991's Thelma and Louise.

Study: Film industry encourages sexism

The film industry has been accused of perpetuating gender discrimination in a new UN backed study. The landmark research, revealed by women’s activist and actress Geena Davis, found that female characters have fewer than one-third of all speaking roles in film and are largely absent from powerful positions on screen. The study, from the Annenberg […]
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I don't know who this person is, but they are smiling in a professional portrait.

Julia Gillard had some hard words for her critics

Calm, confident and reasoned, Julia Gillard had some hard words for her critics in an exclusive interview with Ray Martin on the Nine Network to publicise her book My Story. They were directed at Alan Jones, the Canberra Press Gallery, the harshness of the public critique and those who chose to judge her on personal issues not political ones.
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Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton says women should laugh at Abbott’s sexist remarks

Now Hillary Clinton – who as US Secretary of State was the most powerful woman in the world – has weighed into the debate, and her advice may come as a surprise. Instead of spending their time complaining, Hillary suggests that women start laughing at the stupid things men say. Instead of getting all defensive, […]
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Jessica Leahy is a journalist at The Weekly

Stop teaching us to be good girls

Journalist Jessica Leahy opens up about her own sexual assault and uncovers that what lurks beneath Australia's seemingly perfect identity is an insidious attitude toward women.
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Italian tennis ace Camila Giorgi sports her sponsor's branding across her chest.

Get it off your chest!

Tennis has been served with a sexism debate over the controversial placement of sponsor's logos across the breasts of female players.
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Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr

Natalie Barr: Stop blaming men

The Sunrise presenter opens up about the furious, bitchy backlash she received after writing an article telling women to stop blaming men for their career woes.
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