The Heart Of The Backlash

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.

The American Woman Has Not Yet Slipped Into A Cocoon, But She Has Tumbled Down A Rabbit Hole Into Sudden Isolation.

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.

Women Who Had Discovered Pants, Low-heeled Shoes, And Loose Sweaters During World War Ii Were Reluctant To Give Them Up In Peacetime.

It's Fine To Dress In Polka Dots And Pink Crinoline If You Want. What I Recoil From Is The Idea That That Alone Is The Only Way To Be Female.