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In this spirit, Hanson-Young has hit back. Leyonhjelm has refused to apologise for his comments, and Hanson-Young is now seeking further action.
She continued:. The so-called sexual revolution, catalysed by the availability of reliable female contraception in the s, does not seem to have freed women in the same way it freed men. Interestingly, there is still no male pill that would reduce the risks for women, so we still carry that responsibility far too often.
All of this raises questions of how far real equality for women has come. We wanted to change what was valued and by whom, to balance the emphasis on macho material goals, tastes, attitudes and ambitions. Current evidence suggests that, despite having more women in the senior ranks of most institutions, these are still there as parvenus, subjected to male criteria of what they think matters.
