Feminism's Agenda Is Basic: It Asks That

The Backlash Against Women's Rights Would Be Just One Of Several Powerful Forces Creating A Harsh And Painful Climate For Women At Work. Reagonomics, The Recession, And The Expansion Of A Minimum-wage Service Economy Also Helped, In No Small Measure, To Slow And Even Undermine Women's Momentum In The Job Market. But The Backlash Did More Than Impede Women's Opportunities For Employment, Promotions, And Better Pay. Its Spokesmen Kept The News Of Many Of These Setbacks From Women. Not Only Did The Backlash Do Grievous Damage To Working Women C It Did On The Sly.

To Be Unwed And Female Was To Succumb To An Illness With Only One Known Cure: Marriage.

We Think Of A Feminist As Someone A Woman Becomes In Reaction To Personal Indignities And Social Injustices. But The Truth Is, Such Inequities Only Awaken Her To The Feminist She Has Always Fundamentally Been - That Is, A Person Who Understands That Her First Responsibility Is To Her Own Humanity. That's Why, For My Money, The First Known Use Of The Word 'feminist' Is Still The Best, Appearing In An 1895 Book Review: A Woman Who 'has In Her The Capacity Of Fighting Her Way Back To Independence.

For Some High-profile Men In Trouble, Women, Especially Feminist Women, Became The All-purpose Scapegoats-charged With Crimes That Often Descended Into The Absurd.

Feminism's Agenda Is Basic: It Asks That Women Not Be Forced To 'choose' Between Public Justice And Private Happiness.