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Trapped by sexism

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Trapped by sexism

Sexist society was one of New Zealand's early women’s liberation publications, containing stories from a wide range of people about their lives. Through these stories the experience of men and women in a sexist society was laid out for the reader. Men were also seen as trapped by sexism, although in different and less denigrating ways than women. 

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Reference: Susan Kedgley and Sharyn Cederman, eds. Sexist society. Wellington: Alister Taylor, 1972

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Charlotte Macdonald, Women and men – Challenge and reaction: 1960s–1990s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/29257/trapped-by-sexism (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Charlotte Macdonald, published 30 March 2011, updated 1 August 2017.