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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.

What Happened With Hurricane Katrina Was The American Electorate Was Forced To Look At What Lay Behind The Veneer Of Chest-beating. We All Saw The Consequences Of Having Terrible Government Leadership.

A Backlash Against Women's Rights Is Nothing New. Indeed It's A Recurring Phenomenon: It Returns Every Time Women Begin To Make Some Headway Towards Equality, A Seemingly Inevitable Early Frost To The Brief Flowerings Of Feminism.

Trump's "make America Great Again" Program Trumpets A National Identity Built On Scapegoating, Self-pity And Grandiosity, And The Promise Of A Strongman.

All Of Women's Aspirations--whether For Education, Work, Or Any Form Of Self-determination--ultimately Rest On Their Ability To Decide Whether And When To Bear Children. For This Reason, Reproductive Freedom Has Always Been The Most Popular Item In Each Of The Successive Feminist Agendas--and The Most Heavily Assaulted Target Of Each Backlash.