The Backlash Convinced The Public That Women's

I've Never Believed That Women Have Some Special, Essentialist Qualities, Or Were More Nurturing, Cooperative, And Morally Superior.

As Women Began To Challenge Their Own Internalized Views Of A Woman's Proper Place, Their Desire And Demand For Equal Status And Free Choice Began To Grow Exponentially.

The Demand That Women "return To Femininity" Is A Demand That The Cultural Gears Shift Into Reverse, That We Back Up To A Fabled Time When Everyone Was Richer, Younger, More Powerful.

The Piles Of Makeup And The Insistence On Frills And Ribbons And Bows Was Not At All Attuned To My Feminist Views.

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.