Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
A Politics, Feminism, Nonfiction book. The anti-feminism bacllash has been set off not by women's achievement of full equality but by...
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- Pages: 576 pages
- ISBN: 9780385425070 / 385425074
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The anti-feminism bacllash has been set off not by women's achievement of full equality but by the increased possibility that they might win it. It is a pre-emptive strike that stops women long before they reach the finishing line. Susan Faludi, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women The "feminine" woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow. Susan Faludi, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women All of womens aspirations whether for education, work or any form of self-determination ultimately rest on their ability to decide whether and when to bear children. Susan Faludi, Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women
So this very well known book actually got 20 years old before I got around to reading it. By now it can of course, in addition to its original validity, be read as a time document as well. In building the case for a backlash against feminism and women's lib, it is a lot of hits and a few misses in the book. The misses are comprised... First Thoughts: This book shows how LITTLE things have changed since the 80's/90's. How much we still have left to do.To put this in perspective, I was born in 1989, and this book was published in 1991. This book was published about TWENTY-THREE years ago.This book made me angry, and also depressed me at times, because of the above... This book is great and I wish everyone would read it. Im sure someone could find a fault in it, but in terms of consciousness-raising its perfect. It was printed in 1991 so it may not seem as relevent 20 yrs later but I assure you it is. Even without the feminist focus, its helpful in realizing how much power the media holds and how...
