Word: friedan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...genre in her capacity as an editor at Publishers Weekly, agrees. "With more and more of these books, women are becoming more worried and more nervous about having a good relationship, and they are hearing their biological clock tick louder," % she says. "These books are less than helpful." Betty Friedan, godmother of the feminist movement, also warns of "books that prey on the transitional stage" in the sexual revolution, when women are still grappling with unaccustomed challenges...
...matching funds if she decides to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. Already, the mere prospect that she will join the race has galvanized women's groups and activists who have grown impatient with the timid stances on feminist issues staked out by Schroeder's male competitors. Insists Betty Friedan, who was among the first to urge Schroeder to run: "This is a much needed ray of hope...
...campaign now might unwisely divert energy from efforts to tackle such specific and pressing concerns as parental leave, child care and pay equity. "I don't think one amendment will address all these issues, although I think it would be very important to have," says veteran Feminist Betty Friedan. "It's necessary but not sufficient. I don't want to put all my eggs in that one basket." Many ERA supporters are wary of fighting another losing battle. "There would have to be a consensus building up in the country that we just have to have the ERA," says Donna...
...very need for such legal challenges, however, is a reminder that inequities remain, decisions can be reversed, and statutes can be repealed. "We are at the mercy of a Supreme Court that will interpret equality as it sees fit," says Friedan. Feminists feel the court opened the floodgates to unfair treatment of female students when in February 1984 the Justices $ defanged a law that could be used to stop all federal aid to a school if sex discrimination was shown in any of its education programs, including sports. Legislation that would effectively restore a broad application...
...response to Betty Friedan's comment that this is the last time a candidate will be able to treat women like bimbos, I say male politicians will treat females that way as long as women continue to behave like bimbos...