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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.

Women Who Had Discovered Pants, Low-heeled Shoes, And Loose Sweaters During World War Ii Were Reluctant To Give Them Up In Peacetime.

The Central Argument Of The Backlash - That Women's Equality Is Responsible For Women's Unhappiness.

My Goal Is To Be Accused Of Being Strident.

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.