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Backlash

Susan Faludi

Susan Faludi traces how claims about women's unhappiness traveled through research, media, politics, work, and reproductive policy in the United States of the 1980s.

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16 parts, about 40 minutes to read.

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Author
Susan Faludi
Parts
16 parts
Reading time
about 40 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Preface to the Fifteenth Anniversary Edition2 min
  2. 1. Introduction: Blame It on Feminism2 min
  3. 2. Man Shortages and Barren Wombs4 min
  4. 3. Backlashes Then and Now3 min
  5. 4. The Trends of Antifeminism: The Media and the Backlash3 min
  6. 5. Fatal and Fetal Visions: The Backlash in the Movies2 min
  7. 6. Teen Angels and Unwed Witches: The Backlash on TV3 min
  8. 7. Dressing the Dolls: The Fashion Backlash2 min
  9. 8. Beauty and the Backlash2 min
  10. 9. The Politics of Resentment: The New Right's War on Women3 min
  11. 10. Ms. Smith Leaves Washington: The Backlash in National Politics2 min
  12. 11. The Backlash Brain Trust: From Neocons to Neofems2 min
  13. 12. It's All in Your Mind: Popular Psychology Joins the Backlash2 min
  14. 13. The Wages of the Backlash: The Toll on Working Women3 min
  15. 14. Reproductive Rights Under the Backlash: The Invasion of Women's Bodies4 min
  16. Epilogue1 min

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