Pro by Katha Pollitt7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() “Gender equality requires general equality,” says Pollitt. ![]() A woman does not have as much choice as she thinks when social, race, and class disparities continue to exist. ” culture its great impact might be better understood if it were not separated (often for the convenience of the analysts) from other historical forces. Nevertheless, the women’s movement lives, even in the “I’m not a feminist, but. Although the feminist movement has moved women along from their pre-Friedan roles as wives and mothers, Pollitt argues that the young women who have ended up in the workplace remain captives of body image and conflicting roles. Not necessarily so, as the author points out in her introduction. Pollitt ( Reasonable Creatures, 1994) is known as a feminist, a liberal, and a fighter for social justice-all causes from the same shopping cart, one might think. The always provocative essayist for The Nation presents a collection of her biweekly columns dating from 1994 to fall 2000-including impeachment but before chads. ![]()
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