National Archives documents show public service battle against women in the workplace

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Australian Public Service bosses realised 95 years ago that equal rights for women in the workplace could transform the bureaucracy.

They then vowed to stop it happening.

The Royal Commission into Public Service Administration in 1920 found women were "physiologically" inferior to men in the workplace and "usually" had nervous breakdowns if given positions of responsibility.

Where similar duties are performed by men and women ... the experience throughout the world has been that equal services are not rendered owing to the fact that constitutionally women are unable to give such continuous effort as men and are absent from duty for health reasons to a far greater extent."

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I'm pretty sure I read echoes of the same thinking on here just this morning.

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Is there any mention of Mazda Bravo utes in that rule book. 🙂

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@vicr3000 wrote:

The fact is, some or the majority of women are "physiologically" inferior to men in SOME workplaces.

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I suggest that you don't understand the meaning of physiologically and should perhaps look it up before making further comment.