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The Backlash Convinced The Public That Women's 'liberation' Was The True Contemporary American Scourge - The Source Of An Endless Laundry List Of Personal, Social, And Economic Problems.

The Heart Of The Backlash Argument: Women Are Better Off 'protected' Than Equal.

The Last Decade Has Seen A Powerful Counterassault On Women's Rights, A Backlash, An Attempt To Retract The Handful Of Small And Hard-won Victories That The Feminist Movement Did Manage To Win For Women. This Counterassault Is Largely Insidious: In A Kind Of Pop-culture Version Of The Big Lie, It Stands The Truth Boldly On Its Head And Proclaims That The Very Steps That Have Elevated Women's Position Have Actually Led To Their Downfall.

When The Enemy Has No Face, Society Will Invent One.

An Accurate Charting Of American Women's Progress Through History Might Look More Like A Corkscrew Tilted Slightly To One Side, Its Loops Inching Closer To The Line Of Freedom With The Passage Of Time-but, Like A Mathematical Curve Approaching Infinity, Never Touching Its Goal.