Far from achieving the equality promised them a generation ago, women in Australia are still battling for recognition, for equal pay and for promotion in the workplace; for the right to return to work after they have children; and to not suffer discrimination when they are pregnant. Why is there a birth-rate crisis in Australia? Why has it become so hard for women who want to combine being mothers with having jobs? Will the government's 'breeding creed' succeed in steering women away from employment and into full-time motherhood?
In The End of Equality, bestselling author Anne Summers blows these issues wide open, and in a narrative that is at once disquieting and compelling, holds a mirror to the lives of Australian women and offers an unsettling reflection of our country in the 21st century.
Threaded through the narrative are the voices and experiences of Australian women from all ages and backgrounds discussing their livesand their choices. Their words and Summers' insights and conclusions will inflame, inspire and provide an impetus for the long overdue action needed to redress a situation which can no longer go unchallenged.
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