Journal article
Divinely feminist: the case for domestic violence leave
Overland, Vol.25 November 2016
2016
Abstract
Conservative commentator Miranda Devine sparked controversy on social media again recently when she suggested that expanding domestic violence leave would encourage false reporting from malingering workers. ‘Divvie the new sickie. Another Union rort,’ she tweeted. Devine was reigniting the argument from her Daily Telegraph article where she argued that ‘feminist ideologues’ were overstating the prevalence of domestic violence and that injured or traumatised victims should just use their sick leave entitlements. Yet again Devine rails against feminist collectivist calls for social justice and social responsibility, putting the responsibility back on individual women: ‘there’s not much that a free society can do if women insist on making bad choices.’
Details
- Title
- Divinely feminist: the case for domestic violence leave
- Authors
- Susan Hopkins - University of Southern Queensland
- Publication details
- Overland, Vol.25 November 2016
- Publisher
- O.L. Society Ltd.
- Date published
- 2016
- ISSN
- 1444-3163
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991140506102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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