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We are both what could loosely be described as pacifist women. We belong to peaceful activist organisations; we have taught subjects at university that focus on peace studies. We have joined marches for peace in Australia and overseas, signed petitions, refused to smack our children, and helped write policies against bullying.
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Bridges, D., Horsfall, D. (2011). The Gendered Battlefield. In: Higgs, J., Titchen, A., Horsfall, D., Bridges, D. (eds) Creative Spaces for Qualitative Researching. Practice, Education, Work and Society, vol 5. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-761-5_14
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