Mixed Aussie rules football team breaking down barriers in 1975 RetroFocus
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42 years before AFLW was launched, a Melbourne school invited girls to play in an Aussie rules football match. • Fawkner High School teacher Shirley Sampson argued that seperating the genders for subjects and activities, including sports, contributed to the objectification of women. • Sampson even went so far as to suggest that mixed sports could help prevent rape. • 'Coed Contact' aired on ABC TV's 'This Day Tonight' on 11 November 1975. • For more from ABC News, click here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/ • If you're in Australia, you can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://iview.abc.net.au/channel/news • Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE • You can also like us on Facebook: / abcnews.au • Or follow us on Instagram: / abcnews_au • Or even on Twitter: / abcnews
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