Word: strossen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...assault on women's rights has taken the form of pending Congress bills to significantly reduce affirmative action, Strossen said. She added that affirmative action helped account for three out of 10 middle managerial positions held by women...
...Even with affirmative action, there still is no equality," Strossen said, referring to the statistic that women now make 72 cents to a dollar earned...
...inequality is still a fact of life," Strossen said. "And that hurts not only women, but their husbands and family who increasingly become dependent on the mother for income...
According to Strossen, 73 percent of working women must support both themselves and their families. Their job is made even harder because "not only is the woman expected to bring home the bacon, but she is expected to fix and serve...
...There's a great general lack of awareness, a lack of concern and a lack of outrage at these congressional cutbacks," Strossen said about the cuts in welfare reform "or welfare deform," that would force economically disadvantaged women to stay in abusive relationships...