Abstract

Subject to Debate
Pollitt, Katha | February 21, 1994 issue

add to cart   close window

The standard line on feminism, after all, is that it has been roundly rejected by American women and the reason for its unpopularity is its grim view of heterosexuality, its hatred of men and its insistence on seeing women as victims of male lust and violence. Now, suddenly, not only does the media insist that the country is teeming with feminists but it is precisely man-hating and rage and victim justification. In real life, most women who call themselves feminists are nice liberal middle-class professionals. By socialization, education, political conviction and gender pride, they take a dim view of violence and place great weight on self-control, work, talking through problems and acting, in general, like a grown-up.

See Also:

FEMINISM; MAN-woman relationships; FEMINISTS; SOCIAL movements; SEXUAL orientation; EDUCATION; UNITED States
ARCHIVE HOME
Pricing
Articles are sold in 'packs,' which are priced as follows:

1 for 2.95
4 for 9.95
10 for 19.95
50 for 34.95
300 for 149.95
Refund Policy
Sales of archive individual articles, full issues or article packs are final and no refunds will be issued.
Access for libraries
help
Search
Browse
Sample Article

In Your Cart

Your cart is empty.

My Articles

You must be logged in to view your articles.

User name

Password

I don't have a login.

I forgot my user name/password.
Advertisement
Advertisement

Blogs

» The Beat

Another Helping of FDR Please | Obama should follow the New Deal president's example and make his Thanksgiving Proclamation a call for economic justice.
John Nichols
14 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Filibuster Follies | "The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body."
Katrina vanden Heuvel
74 Comments

» The Notion

Bad Black Mothers | For African American women, reproduction has never been an entirely private matter.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
88 Comments

» Act Now!

Coal Country | Stunning film reveals new dimensions to the cost of America's over-reliance on coal.
Peter Rothberg
105 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

A Kingdom of Bicycles No Longer | China's ambassador for climate change speaks on the eve of the Copenhagen summit meeting.
Robert Dreyfuss
58 Comments