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History of Feminism

seaglass

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1. I don't understand this all but I couldn't wait for society to change. What were women supposed

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 02:57 PM

Jan 2014

to do until then, restrict themselves to homemaking?

I really don't like this. Until the last decade I have not experienced the ills that this article describes and to attribute it to 2nd wavers joining the workforce without first changing the whole of society seems ridiculous to me. For crying out loud we can't even get rid of the 40 hr workweek!

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From Dissent Magazine: "Kicking Back, Not Leaning In" (Summer 2013) [View all] YoungDemCA Jan 2014 OP

I don't understand this all but I couldn't wait for society to change. What were women supposed seaglass Jan 2014 #1

what Fraser has set up is an idealized model of what some western European democracies now have... CTyankee Jan 2014 #2