“There is a reason why America produced the most vigorous feminist movement in the world: We were one of the only countries in which the middle class (which is wealthy by world standards) customarily employed its own women as domestic servants.” WorldCountryReasonAmericaClassMiddleMovementStandardsFeministReason WhyServantMiddle ClassWealthyEmployedVigorousFeminist Movement Book:FEAR OF FALLING Source: FEAR OF FALLING
“In some countries Women's Day is a national holiday and men give women flowers. In America Women's Day falls on another holiday, Mardi Gras, where men give women beads in the respectful and post-feminist desire to see their naked boobies.” MenGivingCountryAmericaDesireFallFlowerFeministNakedPostsHolidayRespectfulBeadsMardi Gras Author:Craig Ferguson
“At the demonstration of sixty feminists against the Miss America Pageant in 1968, when the women filled a trash can with bras, girdles, curlers and spike-heeled shoes, the bra-burning myth was launched by the media and, in spite of its inaccuracy and spiteful intent, put radical feminism on the map.” AmericaFeminismMediaMissingFilledShoesFeministMythRadicalBurningSpiteMapsSixtyTrashDemonstrationRadical FeminismBrasPageantSpitefulGirdlesMiss AmericaTrash Cans Author:Hilda Scott