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...Boss?, Growing Pains and Night Court -- are also saying goodbye this spring.) It initiated a healthy new attitude toward race on TV by building a show around an upper-middle-class family that just happened to be black. And it set a standard for wholesome TV families that inspired backlash (Married . . . with Children) as well as imitation (Family Matters...
...ABCs of this election year are a woman candidate's dream. A is for abortion, or more precisely the attack on abortion rights that has enraged pro-choice voters in both major parties. B is for the backlash against the all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee, which rubbed women's emotions raw last October with its insensitive handling of Anita Hill's sexual- harassment charges against Clarence Thomas. C is for change, the latest political buzz word for voters and candidates alike. "Men are running around saying, 'I'll change things,' " says Harriett Woods, president of the National Women...
...backlash is fueled, she said, by a "perception that women are stealing some crumbs from the male bread- winner pie, and the fear that that pie isshrinking...
...backlash, in short, hasn't gone away,"Faludi continued. "It's just changed itscoloration and lingo...
...climate of backlash, women are criticizedno matter what they do, said Faludi. Critics useinvalid scientific studies and misogynistic humorto attack women's rights, she said...