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Susan Faludi Quotes

I write to figure out what I am thinking: What does my life mean? Picture Quote #1

Instead of confronting its real and difficult problems and grappling honestly with a dark past, Hungary embraced a reactionary government and a self-pitying image of itself as the victimized nation, and went looking for scapegoats in the Roma, Jews, and, most recently, Syrian migrants Picture Quote #1

As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman’s proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice began to grow exponentially Picture Quote #1

Feminism’s agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness Picture Quote #1

Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations Picture Quote #1

Self-esteem is the basis for feminism because self-esteem is based on defining yourself and believing in that definition. Self-esteem is regarding yourself as a grown-up Picture Quote #1

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The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring her happiness; she lives happily ever after only by refusing to wait for him -- or by actually rejecting him. It is those who persist in hoping for a Prince Charming who are setting themselves up for disillusionment and unhappiness Picture Quote #1

My goal is to be accused of being strident Picture Quote #1

I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn’t even clear who they are Picture Quote #1

What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership Picture Quote #1

That so-called feminine ardor for clothes shopping had been flagging for some time. Between 1980 and 1986, at the same time that women were buying more houses, cars, restaurant dinners, and health care services, they were buying fewer pieces of clothing-from dresses to underwear Picture Quote #1

The ‘feminine’ woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow Picture Quote #1

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When the enemy has no face, society will invent one Picture Quote #1

The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong Picture Quote #1

The demand that women return to femininity is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to a fabled time when everyone was richer, younger, more powerful Picture Quote #1

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship Picture Quote #1

The women’s movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn’t been built Picture Quote #1

The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it Picture Quote #1

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A backlash against women’s rights is nothing new. Indeed it’s a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some headway towards equality, a seemingly inevitable early frost to the brief flowerings of feminism Picture Quote #1

Keeping the peace with the particular man in one’s life becomes more essential than battling the mass male culture Picture Quote #1

To be unwed and female was to succumb to an illness with only one known cure: marriage Picture Quote #1

As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman’s proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice began to grow exponentially Picture Quote #1

As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women’s mental health: employment improves it Picture Quote #1

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I write to figure out what I am thinking: What does my life mean? (Susan Faludi Quotes) Instead of confronting its real and difficult problems and grappling honestly with a dark past, Hungary embraced a reactionary government and a self-pitying image of itself as the victimized nation, and went looking for scapegoats in the Roma, Jews, and, most recently, Syrian migrants. (Susan Faludi Quotes) As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman’s proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice began to grow exponentially. (Susan Faludi Quotes) Feminism’s agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to choose between public justice and private happiness. (Susan Faludi Quotes) Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations (Susan Faludi Quotes) Self-esteem is the basis for feminism because self-esteem is based on defining yourself and believing in that definition. Self-esteem is regarding yourself as a grown-up. (Susan Faludi Quotes) The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring her happiness; she lives happily ever after only by refusing to wait for him -- or by actually rejecting him. It is those who persist in hoping for a Prince Charming who are setting themselves up for disillusionment and unhappiness (Susan Faludi Quotes) My goal is to be accused of being strident (Susan Faludi Quotes) I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn’t even clear who they are (Susan Faludi Quotes) What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We all saw the consequences of having terrible government leadership (Susan Faludi Quotes) That so-called feminine ardor for clothes shopping had been flagging for some time. Between 1980 and 1986, at the same time that women were buying more houses, cars, restaurant dinners, and health care services, they were buying fewer pieces of clothing-from dresses to underwear (Susan Faludi Quotes) The ‘feminine’ woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish, her voice tinkly, her body stuck on a pin, rotating in a spiral that will never grow (Susan Faludi Quotes) When the enemy has no face, society will invent one (Susan Faludi Quotes) The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong (Susan Faludi Quotes) The demand that women return to femininity is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to a fabled time when everyone was richer, younger, more powerful (Susan Faludi Quotes) A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship (Susan Faludi Quotes) The women’s movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn’t been built (Susan Faludi Quotes) The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you feel like an idiot even complaining about it (Susan Faludi Quotes) A backlash against women’s rights is nothing new. Indeed it’s a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some headway towards equality, a seemingly inevitable early frost to the brief flowerings of feminism (Susan Faludi Quotes) Keeping the peace with the particular man in one’s life becomes more essential than battling the mass male culture (Susan Faludi Quotes) To be unwed and female was to succumb to an illness with only one known cure: marriage (Susan Faludi Quotes) As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman’s proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice began to grow exponentially (Susan Faludi Quotes) As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women’s mental health: employment improves it (Susan Faludi Quotes)