Schlagwort: Christine Thomas
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Christine Thomas: Another Moral Panic
[Socialism Today, No 16, March 1997, p. 9] ‚Working mums damage children’s education‘ screamed the media headlines. ‚Flawed research causes working mums‘ guilt trip‘ would have been more to the point. Based on research from the University of North London, Panorama claimed that the children of full-time working mums are failing exams. At almost the…
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Christine Thomas: Rape on Trial
[Socialism Today, No 14, December 1996, p. 31-32] Carnal Knowledge – Rape on Trial, by Sue Lees. Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1996, £20hbk. Reviewed by Christine Thomas. In August this year Julia Mason endured six days of cross-examination in court by the man who had raped her. Waiving anonymity in order to speak out she said…
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Christine Thomas: Tomorrow’s Women?
[Socialism Today, No 19, June 1998, p. 31-32] Tomorrow’s Women, by Helen Wilkinson and Melanie Howard. Demos, 1997, £9-95. Reviewed by Christine Thomas. What kind of woman will predominate in the year 2010? Networking Naomi with her high powered job in a newly feminised work environment? Or New Age Angela, who has status and wealth…
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Christine Thomas: Can-Do Girls
[Socialism Today, No 26, March 1998, p. 31] The Can-Do Girls – A Barometer of Change, by Adrianne Katz. The Body Shop, 1997, £5-00. Reviewed by Christine Thomas ‚Can-Do‘ Girls speak out about their aspirations and ambitions. Optimistic, selfmotivated, assertive, positive, ambitious, directed and focused are just some of the adjectives used to describe a…
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Christine Thomas: New Britain, New Feminism?
[Socialism Today, No 28, May 1998, p. 29] New Feminism. by Natasha Walter, Little Brown, 1998, £17-50. Reviewed by Christine Thomas New Feminism hassomething for everyone. Whether you’re a Spice Girl, Margaret Thatcher, a man, the head of MI5 or a lone parent bringing up children in poverty, you can be part of the all-embracing,…
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Christine Thomas: A blow to the right to choose
[Socialism Today, No 3, November 1995, p. 8] ‘New wave’ US feminist Naomi Wolf has defected to the anti-abortionists’ camp. Although she says that abortion should be legal and is sometimes necessary, she has launched a vitriolic attack on pro-choice supporters. In an article in the US magazine New Republic she condemns those campaigning for…
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Christine Thomas: Has there been a ‚Genderquake‘?
[Militant International Review, No 60, February-March 1995, p. 9-13] After centuries of discrimination and oppression, are women on the verge of gaining real equality? Christine Thomas writes. ‚Is the future female?‘ was the question posed in a recent edition of Panorama, which looked at developments in the educational achievements of girls and boys. Girls, it…