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...June 10th? Mrs. Stern was quick with the answer, and hence she proved to the court her credentials as a mother. As she told the courtroom, her central goal is assuring that Melissa "has a fair chance to become the person she is supposed to be." Step aside Gloria Steinem...
...explain the anger in Hite's survey? And, for that matter, why the more general pattern of anti-male literature at a time when, by many measures, women's lot has radically improved? "What has happened," offers Gloria Steinem, feminist author and a founder of Ms. magazine, "is that expectations have increased as reality has gotten better." The balance of power in relationships used to be about 60-40, she contends. "Now we're trying for 50-50. You have to point out the problems, and that's what some of these books are doing...
...whether the recent flurry of accusatory women's books is promoting that revolution or setting it back is a matter of debate. Steinem believes some of the new volumes on women and their relationships, including Hite's latest study, are helpful. They enable women to examine what she calls the "internal barriers" to equality. In the late '60s and '70s, says Steinem, women focused on external barriers to equality such as a lack of job opportunities and low representation in government. With the help of books like Women and Love, she believes, women can now overcome internalized obstacles like their...
Fairfax (1986 revenues: $597 million) owns 53 newspapers and 79 magazines, including several other U.S. publications, and publishes jointly with Time Inc. the Australian edition of TIME. Steinem and Carbine will stay on for five years as consultants. Said Steinem: "This is the best thing for the magazine and for the women's movement...
...reason for choosing Fairfax, according to Steinem, was its women executives. The president of the firm's U.S. division is Sandra Yates, 40. Says she: "I absolutely believe we can make money on Ms." Anne Summers, 42, a well-known Australian feminist, will be the new editor in chief. Their initial goal for Ms.: a 35% increase in circulation, to 650,000, within five years...