‘Prawn and porn nights’, girly posters: Top silk reveals sexist culture

Former Appeal Court president Margaret McMurdo is the first high-profile judiciary member to lend her voice to the chorus of women speaking about their experiences, candidly revealing that when she started as a paralegal, the office walls were “covered in girly posters”, including “bare-breasted women”. She said she had to “prove myself to the boys”, including judges who wouldn’t allow women to wear pantsuits to court. Justice McMurdo is leading the Queensland government’s Women’s…



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