Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Indeed, Radcliffe women in the late '50s and early '60s were caught between two ears: they were raised to believe in the traditional female role of housewife, but entered the role world as the seeds of the feminist movement were planted...
...news that one working spouse, presumably the wife, must take six years off to raise a child is likely to ruffle feminist feathers. Anticipating criticism, Amy Harris says she and her husband will be devoting more thought in the future to current women's issues...
...Madonna Louise Ciccone, who is 26, and her Wanna Be's, such getups somehow suggest the '50s, now conceived on the evidence of old Marilyn Monroe movies to have been a quaint and fascinating though slightly tacky time, rich in flirtatious, pre-feminist sexuality. Although to her it's a joke, Madonna's "Boy Toy" belt buckle offends almost everyone except the Wanna Be's. Those who snoozed through the '50s the first time around are mystified. Some feminists clearly feel that Madonna's self-parody as an eye-batting gold digger, notably in her song Material Girl...
Instead of winning acclaim, the legislation has been attacked by feminist groups protesting the relaxation of the overtime ban and limitation of the monthly days off. Even the areas of the bill that the women approve of are dismissed as unworkable because no penalties have been set for companies that violate the law. Feminists say they will try to get their views heard when the labor ministry draws up regulations for the administration of the law. Charges Tokyo Women's Rights Crusader Mitsue Yamada: "We don't gain anything whatsoever from the new law . . . from a woman's point...
...only feminist peep in this otherwise courageous film comes from Filiance who casually whispers to the gallery owner that Blue's painting "objectify women." Blue laughs it off: "It's called art. I'm a fetishist with style." He's also a fetishist who has been dumped, with good reason, by the women he loves. There are two kinds of women in Heartbreakers: those who dance seductively for Blue and Eli, and those who won't. As willing and unwilling participants in Blue's and Eli's sexual and emotional obsessions, these women serve as catalysts for male action...