“I certainly wouldn't go back and blame feminism, because all that feminism was really trying to do, which was huge, was to create a new set of expectations, a new set of opportunities for women, and they did.” TryingOpportunityFeminismHugeExpectationsBlame Author:Debora Spar
“It was feminism that made it possible for women to go to the Ivy League and women to be astronauts and women to have their own TV shows. What happened, though, was that the generation after feminism, which is my generation, misunderstood what feminism was saying.” MadeShowsGenerationsHappenedFeminismTvsMade ItLeagueTv ShowsMisunderstoodAstronautMy GenerationIvyIvy League Author:Debora Spar
“Feminism wasn’t supposed to make us miserable. It was supposed to make us free; to give women the power to shape their fortunes and work for a more just world. Today, women have choices that their grandmothers could not have imagined. The challenge lies in recognizing that having choices carries the responsibility to make them wisely, striving not for perfection or the ephemeral all, but for lives and loves that matter.” WorldGivingMatterTodayLyingChoicesChallengesResponsibilityFeminismShapesPerfectionAnd LoveFortuneStriveMiserableGrandmotherCarrieRecognizingLife And LoveWorld TodayEphemeral Author:Debora Spar
“Rather than seeing the opportunities that feminism created they very easy morph into expectations.” OpportunityEasySeeingFeminismExpectations Author:Debora Spar
