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...left her and their two small children for another woman three months earlier. This domestic tragedy might have remained largely private had not Plath, already an established poet, left behind a powerful and searing sequence of poems, published posthumously as Ariel, that ensured her lasting fame. The nascent feminist movement in the '60s enlisted her as a martyr and vilified Hughes as her oppressor and, intentionally or not, murderer...
...most fans view the show? Were we drawn into Ally's world and inner thoughts because we consciously or subconsciously supported what she stood for as a '90s career woman on the move? Did we initially say "Hey, it's Monday night, let's check out that new feminist show?" Did we scorn all the imperfections in Ally's character because we believed that in some way they detracted from her professional accomplishments or what she stood for as a lawyer...
...even more important question to ask is why issue such as these usually end up devolving into gender debates. While I identify myself as a feminist (in that I support the equal treatment of men and women), I can do without the constant debate on whether or not Ally represents the product of recent successes in the struggle for gender equality. Sure, I may laugh at her silly ways, but I don't respect her silly ways, but I don't respect her character any less for it. If I did, I would also have to denounce other TV shows...
...innocent, and that Bill was using those late-night visits to tutor Monica Lewinsky on the intricacies of Social Security financing and line-item budgeting. And it may well be, as Kathleen Parker observed in USA Today, that the alleged objects of the President's affections are not exactly feminist role models but "our worst stereotypes incarnate: emotional, back-stabbing, duplicitous, manipulative...
...even if no harassment was involved in the most recent case or if Monica was a kind of harasser herself--inflating her bond to the President in order to have something to boast about to her Pentagon pals--feminists have plenty of reasons to be incensed about the gender dynamics of the Clinton White House. We're talking about a workplace where any young woman with a sufficiently tartlike demeanor could reportedly enjoy the President's precious attentions, along with the career-counseling services of his closest friends. Meanwhile, who pays attention to all the other, harder-working...