My Goal Is To Be Accused Of

The Heart Of The Backlash Argument: Women Are Better Off 'protected' Than Equal.

That So-called Feminine Ardor For Clothes Shopping Had Been Flagging For Some Time. Between 1980 And 1986, At The Same Time That Women Were Buying More Houses, Cars, Restaurant Dinners, And Health Care Services, They Were Buying Fewer Pieces Of Clothing-from Dresses To Underwear.

The Media And The Rest Of Popular Culture Weren't Recording People's Reactions To 9/11; They Were Forcing Made-up Reactions Down People's Throats.

The Backlash Against Women's Rights Would Be Just One Of Several Powerful Forces Creating A Harsh And Painful Climate For Women At Work. Reagonomics, The Recession, And The Expansion Of A Minimum-wage Service Economy Also Helped, In No Small Measure, To Slow And Even Undermine Women's Momentum In The Job Market. But The Backlash Did More Than Impede Women's Opportunities For Employment, Promotions, And Better Pay. Its Spokesmen Kept The News Of Many Of These Setbacks From Women. Not Only Did The Backlash Do Grievous Damage To Working Women C It Did On The Sly.

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