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“the backlash convinced the public that women's 'liberation' was the true contemporary American scourge - the source of an endless laundry list of personal, social, and economic problems.”

Problem Social Feminism Economic Source Convinced Lists Endless Contemporary Liberation Womens Rights Laundry Scourge Backlash Economic Problems

Book:Backlash: the undeclared war against American women

Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women

“The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality.”

Has Beens Moving Feminism Economic Benefits Increase Gender Inequality Gender Equality Neutrality Economic Inequality

Author:Stephanie Coontz

“I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women.”

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Author:Jessica Valenti

“It's not enough just to be a mother. It's not only the social pressure on mothers by certain kinds of feminism and other sources. There is also economic pressure on them.”

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Author:James Hillman

“Culture is always the echo of economic realities; that's what Marx teaches. Feminism is a clear example of that.”

Reality Culture Teach Clear Feminism Economic Example Echoes

Author:Stephen Marche

“I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women. And that's kind of a strategic thing on my part, because I think that it's the hardest definition to argue with. You know, who doesn't want that? Everyone wants equality for women.”

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Author:Jessica Valenti

“Until women learn to want economic independence, and until they work out a way to get this independence without denying themselves the joys of love and motherhood, it seems to me feminism has no roots.”

Way Want Seems Joy Feminism Economic Roots Independence Work Out Equality Motherhood Being A Mom Joys Of Motherhood Economic Independence

Book:Crystal Eastman on women and revolution

Source: Crystal Eastman on women and revolution

“For the record, feminism by definition is: 'The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.'”

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Author:Emma Watson

“Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social, economic, and creative, as a brief for postmodernism. The advance, while opening new avenues of expression and liberating deep pools of talent, has not exploded human nature into little pieces. Instead, it has set the stage for a fuller exploration of the universal traits that unite humanity.”

“Feminists have emphasized for a long time the importance of each woman's individual entity and the necessity of economic independence. Perhaps it was necessary. But now I think we need some emphasis on the instinctive side of life, sex and motherhood.... Life isn't all earning your living. Unfortunately we fall in love and Feminism must take that into consideration.”

“People sometimes say that we will know feminism has done its job when half the CEOs are women. That’s not feminism; to quote Catharine MacKinnon, it’s liberalism applied to women. Feminism will have won not when a few women get an equal piece of the oppression pie, served up in our sisters’ sweat, but when all dominating hierarchies - including economic ones - are dismantled.”

People Knows Sometimes Done Jobs Half Pieces Feminism Economic Equal Including Oppression Liberalism Sweat Pie Ceo Hierarchy Dominating

Book:Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet

Source: Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet

“So far as Feminism seeks to adjust the legal position of woman to that of man, so far as it seeks to offer her legal and economic freedom to develop and act in accordance with her inclinations, desires, and economic circumstances—so far it is nothing more than a branch of the great liberal movement, which advocates peaceful and free evolution.”

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Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist

Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist