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Concept

Sexism

Images

  • A vicar asking a woman if she likes her new female doctor, the woman retorts that she prefers male doctors and finds them more genteel. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.
  • A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.
  • Le vaccin.
  • An attractive female doctor being approached by three burly men enquiring about nursing work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1870.
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Catalogue

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    Fill in the blank / Charlie Manzano.

    Manzano, Charlie | Date: [2019?]
    • Books

    The motherhood penalty : how to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career / Joeli Brearley.

    Brearley, Joeli | Date: 2022
    • Books

    Sexism & science / Evelyn Reed.

    Reed, Evelyn | Date: [1978]
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    Pink tax and the law : discriminating against women consumers / Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu.

    Yazıcıoğlu, Alara Efsun | Date: 2018
    • Books

    Outrageous practices : how gender bias threatens women's health / Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.

    Laurence, Leslie | Date: 1997
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