... of the kind of future we are hoping for. One of the dominant themes of Turning Point is that Australians are now in the midst of a culture shift so radical that it amounts to the discovery of a new way of thinking about Australia. Through his thorough research, Mackay has uncovered the hopes ... scene and is followed up by Mackay as he pins down each of the issues discussed and explores them one by one. Being a text of Australian attitudes towards many issues, not just gender, Mackay uses Turning Point as a ground for expressing his own opinion and challenging the reader to agree ... dis...

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... , female athletes are often portrayed in a non-athletic light where articles often focus on their everyday lives and hardships rather than their athleticism. For example, in January 2015 at the Australian Open Canadian tennis phenom Eugenie Bouchard clinched her spot in the third round with a stellar performance. In a post-match interview a reporter asked Bouchard to describe what she was wearing and ... itself enough of a justifiable reason. Olson also explains, "Title IX simply just let the girls join in to the men's sports. It has done little to change an athletic culture that polariz...

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... , new information is being introduced about sex/ gender. The sex gender system is "the set of rules that each company uses to transform biological sexuality into the cultural product. Each culture has its system whereby that normalized sex." (Cruz, 153) Religion influence people in many ways, people believe in their religion, and sometimes deny the existence of other religions. Furthermore, people ... , 25). There are countless taboos about the menstruation. We could say that these taboos divide women from the rest of the society, describing them as impure and untouchable. In some Austral...

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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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