Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...consulting prayerfully with a lawyer, an accountant, and an analyst." This distrust and dismal view of men is on of The Girl I left Behind's greatest flaws. In her tendency to blame them alone for society's ills, O'Reilly fulfills the caricature of the man-hating, strident feminist. Although her personal and statistical evidence of discrimination and sexism render her anger justifiable, O'Reilly's belief in female superiority is weakened by her own descriptions of opportunistic women who objectify...
...both men and women. In this attempt to gain a larger audience for feminism, however, O'Reilly avoids the more uncomfortable issues of the women's movement: lesbianism, "Managerial Women" who are as power-hungry as the male corporate executives who oppress them, and the failure of the U.S. feminist movement to develop national and international solidarity with Third World and lower-income women...
...this lack of fatalism that makes The Girl I Left Behind an inspirational work. O'Reilly herself testifies that the feminist struggle is not easy, but passionately believes it can be won. Despite the psychic disarray the lifestyle she has deliberately chosen causes her, she believes it was the best--and only--course to be taken. O'Reilly asserts that the movement for a less sexist society will be easier for the generations of American women ahead of her, and that her generation--a transitional one brought up on the myths of stable marriages and clean kitchens--is suffering...
...Pastreich may be Lexington's first professional female firefighter, but she downplays the difficulties of her job and emphasizes that she is not a feminist...
...says no actual feminist groups have contacted her, and laughs. "I guess they know I don't have much to say to them...