The 'sisterhood' is 'creepy'

Women in Australia, have a long way to go to achieve real equality. I would say that this is not because the power hungry male stands in the way. It's partly because of other women. Women who find the efforts made by women of earlier generations 'creepy', women who think they're there now. They're equal. Women who believe that having a child is a 'lifestyle choice' like buying a new pair of curtains or taking a holiday.

Lin Hatfield Dodds writes about the equality. or lack of equality, experienced by women in Australia. See what she has to say at: http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=12245

Dodds concludes by saying the following: "We are living in a country where 11 per cent of the population is living in poverty, where over 100,000 people are homeless, where hundreds of thousands of people are on public dental waiting lists, where our 2 million welfare recipients can't access the supports and services they need to get and keep a job, while trying to survive on woefully inadequate levels of payment. This is not the Australia I want to live in. ... I want to live in a country where every citizen is valued. Where every person has the opportunity to participate in, and contribute to, their community. Where women have the same opportunities and outcomes as men. Where diversity is celebrated and where government takes a strong lead in delivering social justice and inclusion for all."

That's the Australia in which I want to live, no, expected to live. Now and then I stop top look around, disoriented, and find myself dismayed. Was this all that the suffering of my Mothers' and earlier generations achieved? Have we any value at all as persons, as individuals? Or are we simply useful, tax paying earners, on fairly low incomes, doing fairly menial work whilst still performing most of the family related labour free of charge?