Word: faludi
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...Faludi: It seems to me that the reaction to Gloria's book is a classic case of how the backlash works. There's been an almost willful misreading of her message. A friend of mine said it seemed like all those who want to dismiss feminism have been lying in wait for Gloria, because of her unsullied reputation. They were looking for any opening to start slinging...
...Faludi: No, as long as we're talking about responsible criticism. I'm critical of other feminists myself; I believe there should be more open discussion and disagreement. But so much of the criticism seems to be about a book I didn't write. I'm charged with saying there's a male conspiracy out there to put women down. Anyone who says that can't possibly have read the book. I say about 14 times that I don't mean there's a conspiracy. This is not a book about hating...
...Faludi: I also like to point out that despite all these efforts to turn women into victims, women did resist -- by not buying the clothes or rushing out to get married at 18, or by not becoming "neotraditionalists...
...Faludi: In an odd way I was playing more by the boys' rules -- saying, O.K., you men will listen to data and "rational arguments" and statistics, and the body of evidence will convince...
...Faludi: A lot of that desire to stay home has nothing to do with feminism; it has to do with the economic opportunities out there, which shrank considerably. I certainly don't regard women as sheep, and I believe I have far more respect for my own sex than the average advertiser or TV programmer. Women were barraged with one article after another telling them that every other woman out there wanted to go home, so eventually that message seeped in, the same way it did with the marriage study. To say that women and men have been manipulated...