Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.296
Object Name
Postcard
Title
Because women's work is never done and is underpaid...
Date
around 1980
Description
An A5 postcard reading "Because women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious and we're the first to get the sack and what we look like is more important than what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and ifwe get bashed we must have provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and we love women it's because we can't get a "real" man and if we ask our doctor too many questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect community care for children we're selfish and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and 'unfeminine' and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we can't can't get an adequate safe contraceptive but men ca walk on the moon and if we can't cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about an abortion and... for lots and lots of other reasons we are part of the Women's Liberation Movement." in white text on a purple background with a lighter purple border.
Back of the postcard reads: "Women's Liberation because... Taken from a leaflet/poster produced by the NUS Women's Campaign. / The (autonomous) Women's Campaign exists to further the demands of women within NUS. For details contact the Women's Unit, National Union of Students"
