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...said the feminist movement against date rape was very successful, "but instead of declaring victory and moving on, many feminists would not give up their victimization...
Acting on that epiphany, she decides to report this "sexual misconduct" to a review board--severely damaging John's chances at tenure. He, of course, is dumbfounded, oblivious to any wrong-doing on his part. In the final act, the situation has reached its crisis: her feminist rage clashes against his defensive indignation until they both collapse...
RADWAC aims, among other things, to create a "visible and unapologetically feminist presence" at Harvard, Bagneris said...
...Feminist values are now entrenched. "It is hard to believe that in 1967 fully two-thirds of men agreed with the statement 'The activities of married women are best confined to the home and family,'" Astin remarks. Today that has dropped to 31%. But a gender gap persists: only 19% of female freshmen agree. University of South Carolina professor John Gardner, head of the National Resource Center for the Freshman Year Experience, laments that the survey also confirms how "women have taken on some of our worst habits. They smoke and drink more--binge drinking has become their problem...
...doctors who perform abortions hardly advance their cause by committing sins in the name of sainthood; their sick attempt to thwart abortion only serves to harden the resolve of pro-choice activists and blacken the image of pro-life workers. To a lesser degree, the esteem of ultra-feminist groups is lowered when abortion is touted as a privilege rather than a last and most desperate resort...