[feminist:] One Who Believes In

All Year There Have Been These Cover Stories That The Women's Movement Is Dead And About The Death Of Feminism And The Post-feminist Generation Of Young Women Who Don't Identify With Feminism - And Then We Have The Biggest March Ever Of Women In Washington. More People Than Had Ever Marched For Anything - Not Only More Women, But More People.

The New Mystique Is That Women Can Have It All. There's A Whole New Generation Of Women Today, Flogging Themselves To Compete For Success According To The Male Model - In A Work World Structured For Men With Wives To Handle The Details Of Life.

Aging Is Not "lost Youth" But A New Stage Of Opportunity And Strength.

Some People Think I'm Saying, 'women Of The World Unite -- You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Men. It's Not True. You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Vacuum Cleaners.

In Almost Every Professional Field, In Business And In The Arts And Sciences, Women Are Still Treated As Second-class Citizens. It Would Be A Great Service To Tell Girls Who Plan To Work In Society To Expect This Subtle, Uncomfortable Discrimination-tell Them Not To Be Quiet, And Hope It Will Go Away, But Fight It. A Girl Should Not Expect Special Privileges Because Of Her Sex, But Neither Should She "adjust" To Prejudice And Discrimination.