... of war is often seen as a masculine story. The film "Gallipoli," by Peter Weir is a reflection of the views and opinions of what society considered to be masculine within an Australian culture. The main focus of the film was centered on two male characters: Archie and Frank. From early in the film gender plays an important role as evidence by Archie wanted ... mate. Their growing relationship helped to reinforce the film's construction of masculinity, thus creating a cultural reference of male mate-ship. The origin of mate-ship comes from the men of Australian Outback. It represented a ...

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... r29 27 23 19 Median duration of unemployment - females weeks 14 21 25 24 21 18 18 20 18 13 13 Retrenchment rate % 6.5 6.4 n.a. 5.4 n.a. 4.6 n.a. 4.4 n.a. 4.0 n.a. Male retrenchment rate % 7.3 7.4 n.a. 6.3 n.a. 5.4 n.a. 4.9 n.a. 4.6 n.a. Female retrenchment rate % 5.3 5.1 n.a. 4.3 n.a. 3.5 n.a. 3.8 n.a. 3.2 n.a. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2003). Available from: [Accessed April 2003] A critical issue for employers is getting women in leadership roles, but believe the biggest obstacle is the lack of women to ... and Physical Sciences - 44%; Architecture and Building - 40%; a...

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... be more fundamental in belief while those that seek to control these natural tendencies tend to be more modern (or "western"). On one end of the spectrum there is the Australian Tiwi Aborigines. Their religion commands that a woman be assigned a marriage partner even before they are conceived. Polygamy is the norm as many women are married into a union in which they ... . Men are naturally promiscuous since their biology allows them to procreate many times in a short period while women can only procreate once every 9 months. The fact that a man in this culture is encouraged to have many ...

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