Keeping The Peace With The Particular Man

Feminism's Agenda Is Basic: It Asks That Women Not Be Forced To "choose" Between Public Justice And Private Happiness. It Asks That Women Be Free To Define Themselves-instead Of Having Their Identity Defined For Them, Time And Again, By Their Culture And Their Men.

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.

When The Enemy Has No Face, Society Will Invent One.

An Accurate Charting Of American Women's Progress Through History Might Look More Like A Corkscrew Tilted Slightly To One Side, Its Loops Inching Closer To The Line Of Freedom With The Passage Of Time-but, Like A Mathematical Curve Approaching Infinity, Never Touching Its Goal.

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.