focus on is Aboriginal women in Australia. ... This standard is called the "norm" and those that do not fit into this norm are the most often stereotyped in Australia. ... But sometimes this very struggle not to fit into the stereotype of what an aboriginal is in the eyes of the typical Australian can lead to shame of ones culture. Instead of embracing their culture as a part of themselves, they are thrust into the task of trying to hide it. ... Social equality may still be a struggle that is faced by Aboriginal women but now it is a burden made lighter with mainstream Australia's recogni...

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