Too much, too young : Challenging the sexualisation of girls

A YWCA of Adelaide Public Forum

Keynote speaker Melinda Takard Reist is a Canberra based author, commentator and advocate of appearing in Adelaide to launch her new book. Getting Real. Melinda will speak about girls growing up in a toxic, sexualised environment that harms girls’ health and threatens their wellbeing.

The forum will include a panel discussion featuring Melinda, Rita Princi – child, adolescent and Family Psychologist, and Anne Bunning – International Gender Specialist and Chief Executive YWCA of Adelaide.

5.45pm for a 6.00pm start

Thursday 22 October 2009

Cynthia Poulton Hall (St Peter’s Cathedral)

RSVP 8227 0155 or Jo.DeSilva@ywca.com.au

Places limited so rsvp early to avoid disappointment

Two Recently Published Books

Two new titles of interest on the subjects of  prostitution and body image are as follows:

    The Industrial Vagina: the Political Economy of the Global Sex Industry by Sheila Jeffreys

    Bodies by Susie Orbach

For further resources check our Ready Reference Wiki  on Prostitution  and Body Image  

Other titles by Sheila Jeffreys in our library are:

    The Idea of Prostitution (1997)

    The Spinster and her Enemies: Feminism and Sexuality 1880-1930 (1997)

    The Lesbian heresy: a Feminist Perspective on the Lesbian Sexual Revolution (1993)

Other titles by Susie Orbach in our library are:

    Towards Emotional Literacy (1999)

    What’s really going on here? [about interpersonal relations] (1994)

    Hunger Strike: the Anorexic’s Struggle as a Metaphor for our Age (1987)

    What do Women Want? (1984)

    Fat as a Feminist Issue 2 (1982)

    Fat as a Feminist Issue (1979)

Why I hate “Pretty woman”

I don’t know how to express the myriad of reasons why I hate pretty woman, thankfully someone has already written down the reasons for me.

http://www.hum.aau.dk/~camelia/Teaching/GoneShopping/rescrewed-greenberg.pdf

Equal Opportunity Legislation

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LEGISLATION

It’s time to lobby

The Government’s Equal Opportunity Bill is currently being considered by the Liberal party room.  It is important that members of the community lobby their local Members of Parliament, and other important Liberal figures, to ensure that this legislation is passed.  A list of Liberals is included at the bottom of this email.

This legislation proposes a number of changes to bring our anti-discrimination laws in line with interstate and Federal law.  Key changes include:

• Caring responsibilities – S.A. is the only state where this protection is not available
• Broadening the definition of disability to cover mental illness – again S.A. is the only state not to cover this type of disability
• Strengthening sexual harassment provisions, particularly at work and in schools

Most of the Bill is aimed at catching S.A. up with the rest of the country.  Indeed business already has to comply with many of the proposed changes as they are already covered by Federal law.

South Australians deserve to be protected by modern discrimination laws.

I urge you to contact the Liberals to have your voice heard [Please make sure that any lobbying emails to Members of Parliament are sent from personal (not work-based) email addresses].

If you have any queries about the legislation, you can direct them to Janet Giles at jgiles@saunions.org.au

List of Liberals  [*Members of the House of Assembly are listed alphabetically by electorate]

Vickie Chapman                                   Iain Evans                                                  Liz Penfold
Member for Bragg                             Member for Davenport                                Member for Flinders
bragg@parliament.sa.gov.au                  davenport@parliament.sa.gov.au              flinders@parliament.sa.gov.au

Michael Pengilly                                   Rob Kerin                                                    Steven Griffiths
Member for Finniss                                 Member for Frome                               Member for Goyder
finniss@parliament.sa.gov.au                frome@parliament.sa.gov.au          goyder@parliament.sa.gov.au

Adrian Pederick                                    Isobel Redmond                                       Mark Goldsworthy 
Member for Hammond                             Member for Heysen                             Member for Kavel  
hammond@parliament.sa.gov.au heysen@parliament.sa.gov.au               kavel@parliament.sa.gov.au

Michael Willliams                                 Duncan McFetridge                                   Ivan Venning
Member for MacKillop                             Member for Morphett                            Member for Schubert
mackillop@parliament.sa.gov.au  morphett@parliament.sa.gov.au        schubert@parliament.sa.gov.au

Graham Gunn                                                                       David Pisoni
Member for Stuart                                                                                Member for Unley                             
stuart.portaugusta@parliament.sa.gov.au                                         unley@parliament.sa.gov.au 

Martin Hamilton-Smith          Michelle Lensink                                        Stephen Wade
Member for Waite                    Member of the Legislative Council      Member of the Legislative Council 
waite@parliament.sa.gov.au    michelle.lensink@parliament.sa.gov.au     stephen.wade@parliament.sa.gov.au