Abstract: »The 1970s ushered in a period of significant feminist activism, public debate and judicial reform on issues of rape and child sexual abuse. In this article, I examine how The Australian Women’s Weekly raised and navigated the issue of rape from its commercial position as a conservative-leaning publication between 1970 and 1982. It seeks to understand mainstream Australian women’s attitudes towards sexual assault and how they evolved under emerging feminist critique.« (Source: History Australia)

Contents:

	Abstract (p. 1)
	The seventies and rape discourse (p. 3)
	The Weekly, the seventies and rape (p. 7)
	Rape: the law and calls for reform (p. 11)
	Understandings of rape as a traumatic experience (p. 16)
	Conclusion (p. 21)
	Acknowledgements (p. 22)
	Disclosure statement (p. 22)
	About the author (p. 22)
	Funding (p. 22)

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