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Forty years on from the publication of her book, Damned Whores and God's Police, feminist author Dr Anne Summers says Australia still has a long way to go before gender equality is a reality.

Dr Summers delivered the keynote address at a three-day conference at the University of Technology in Sydney to mark the anniversary of the book's first print run.

The book rattled the cage of the Australian establishment when it was first published in

It outlines the struggles and challenges Australian women face in their battle for gender equality in the home, the workforce, the family space, and society in general.

Dr Summers spoke at the symposium, called Damned Whores and God's Police: 40 Years On, about the changes in the fight for equality Australian women faced then, compared to now.

"I expect young people today might be astonished to learn what life used t