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Guest interviews
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Australia
7 episodes
since Oct. 18, 2024
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The myths about women that contribute to legal, medical, economic, social, political disadvantage do not operate independently. We silo them because it’s the only way we can explain and examine the detail of how they harm women and non-binary people. The only names we have for the big picture are p…

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Fairy tale princess and romance myths teach boys that their fear and shame can be alleviated by exerting control over women while having no responsibility for their choice to use violence. They teach girls that they are responsible for boy’s emotions and behaviours and that their greatest achieveme…
Unpack the myths about silence and voice with Steven Roberts, Professor of Education & Social Justice at Monash University. Who has the power to speak and be heard? Who listens and why? TLM teaches women and girls that silence is loveable and feminine, boys learn their voices are important and …
How does making women passive players in their own stories and consent a barrier to male success impact our understanding of sexual violence? How is the fairy tale princess myth woven into the perfect victim myth, and what impact does this have on the legal system’s response to sexual violence?To a…
In this episode, Jane is joined by Wil Stracke, Assistant Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council to unpack the myth that women’s work is domestic, private, and powerless and that women work because they love it not because it has public value. How does this affect women’s economic safety, t…
The crone/witch myth and how it portrays women who have developed power through age, knowledge, and wisdom as the greatest threat to young women. How does dividing women by age impact young and older women? How does this benefit men and disadvantage women? What are the structural aspects that disem…
In this 6 part series host and author, Jane Gilmore, explores the myths embodied in children’s fairy tales to examine women’s experiences of poverty, male violence, and disempowerment. Loosely based on the book, Fairy Tale Princesses Will Kill Your Children, each episode will look at a particular m…
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