Abstract
Anne Summers’ 2012 speech entitled ‘Her Rights at Work’
examined the ‘sexist and discriminatory treatment of Australia’s first female Prime Minister’, Julia Gillard, by both the Opposition and a section of the broader public. This paper will argue that Parliament is still all too often a sexist and discriminatory place of work for women politicians and that parliamentary sexism and discrimination is often exacerbated by the news media’s coverage of incidents. While providing a broader background, the paper will focus on several key case studies of parliamentary events and their subsequent media coverage, including:
Gillard’s ‘Misogyny speech’; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s ‘slutshaming’; and former Liberal MP Julia Banks’ criticism of Parliament’s sexism.
examined the ‘sexist and discriminatory treatment of Australia’s first female Prime Minister’, Julia Gillard, by both the Opposition and a section of the broader public. This paper will argue that Parliament is still all too often a sexist and discriminatory place of work for women politicians and that parliamentary sexism and discrimination is often exacerbated by the news media’s coverage of incidents. While providing a broader background, the paper will focus on several key case studies of parliamentary events and their subsequent media coverage, including:
Gillard’s ‘Misogyny speech’; Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s ‘slutshaming’; and former Liberal MP Julia Banks’ criticism of Parliament’s sexism.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 110-129 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Australasian Parliamentary Review |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Gender Politics
- Parliamentary studies
- Women in Politics
- Gendered Institutionalism
- Gender Inequality
- Political Communication
