Early in September 2012, commentator Alan Jones, responding to a comment by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, said: ‘She [Gillard] said that we know societies only reach their full potential if women are politically participating. Women are destroying the joint'
Here, women reply to this comment and the broader issues of sexism and misogyny in our culture. This collection consists of essays, analysis, memoir, fiction and more, from Penny Wong, Tara Moss, Corrine Grant, Carmen Lawrence, Wendy Harmer, Jill Tomlinson, Christine Milne, Lily Edelstein and many others.
