In recent surveys, 70 percent of American women rejected the label "feminist." Why? In "Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today," author Christina Hoff Sommers explains that even though a flourishing women's movement needs the support of both conservative and liberal women, feminism has devolved into a one-party system in the US.
"Freedom Feminism" is a modern version of feminism, in which women are free to employ their equal status to pursue happiness in their own distinctive ways, and it holds the key to a feminist renaissance.
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Women’s equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves "feminists." Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute?
In "Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today," Christina Hoff Sommers seeks to recover the lost history of American feminism by introducing readers to conservative feminism’s forgotten heroines. More importantly, she demonstrates that a modern version of conservative feminism — in which women are free to employ their equal status to pursue happiness in their own distinctive ways — holds the key to a feminist renaissance. "Freedom Feminism" is a primer in the Values & Capitalism series intended for college students.
If someone asked, “Are you a feminist?” how would you respond? Most Americans—including large majorities of women—say no. "Feminism is one of the great chapters in the history of freedom. Why is the term that describes that heritage in such disrepute?"In recent surveys, 70 percent of women rejected the label (17 percent regarded it as an insult), while only 17 percent said they would welcome their daughter calling herself a feminist. Accomplished modern women as diverse as Taylor Swift, Sandra Day O’Connor, Beyoncé, Sarah Jessica Parker, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, and Lady Gaga object to the designation. Why should that be so?
The emancipation of women is one of the glories of Western civilization. Women organized, fought for, and won the right to vote and full equality before the law, the freedom to pursue an education and to enter any occupation, and the establishment of special protections against discrimination and harassment. Their deeds, some of them within living memory, profoundly improved society, government, and the economy. Feminism is one of the great chapters in the history of freedom. Why is the term that describes that heritage in such disrepute?
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