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For young women today, feminism and politics are dirty words
By Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett
Special to The Seattle Times
If you're a feminist and you've lived long enough to see bell bottoms come in and out of style twice, this book is bound to bum you out. But read "The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy --Women, Politics and the Future" (Seal Press, 302 pp., $14.95) anyway; it's got more unvarnished, useful truths per page than anything else you're likely to encounter during this political season.
It's a tough pill for some of us to swallow,
but "feminist" is a near-insult to many young women today. Not that they are willing to be treated as second-class citizens; far from it. But if there's a bumper sticker that appeals to these
women, it's the one that says DON'T LABEL ME in big red letters.
Kristin Rowe-Fi
nkbeiner's survey of college-campus women (ages 18-24) found that 68 percent don't want to be identified by "political party, sexual preference, ethnicity, religion, race or physical ability" and they include "feminist" right at the top of their no-no list, saying all such terms are insensitive, inaccurate stereotypes.
(more at link
For young women today, feminism and politics are dirty words
By Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett
Special to The Seattle Times
If you're a feminist and you've lived long enough to see bell bottoms come in and out of style twice, this book is bound to bum you out. But read "The F-Word: Feminism in Jeopardy --Women, Politics and the Future" (Seal Press, 302 pp., $14.95) anyway; it's got more unvarnished, useful truths per page than anything else you're likely to encounter during this political season.
It's a tough pill for some of us to swallow,
but "feminist" is a near-insult to many young women today. Not that they are willing to be treated as second-class citizens; far from it. But if there's a bumper sticker that appeals to these
women, it's the one that says DON'T LABEL ME in big red letters.
Kristin Rowe-Fi
nkbeiner's survey of college-campus women (ages 18-24) found that 68 percent don't want to be identified by "political party, sexual preference, ethnicity, religion, race or physical ability" and they include "feminist" right at the top of their no-no list, saying all such terms are insensitive, inaccurate stereotypes.
(more at link