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The Last Decade Has Seen A Powerful Counterassault On Women's Rights, A Backlash, An Attempt To Retract The Handful Of Small And Hard-won Victories That The Feminist Movement Did Manage To Win For Women. This Counterassault Is Largely Insidious: In A Kind Of Pop-culture Version Of The Big Lie, It Stands The Truth Boldly On Its Head And Proclaims That The Very Steps That Have Elevated Women's Position Have Actually Led To Their Downfall.

Trump's "make America Great Again" Program Trumpets A National Identity Built On Scapegoating, Self-pity And Grandiosity, And The Promise Of A Strongman.

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.

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.

As It Turns Out, Social Scientists Have Established Only One Fact About Single Women's Mental Health: Employment Improves It.