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Betty Friedan

Fifty Years on From 'The Feminine Mystique', Now Childless Working Women Ask, 'Is This All?'

Katherine Baldwin | Posted 19.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
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Katherine Baldwin

For those experiencing feminism's unintended consequences - childless, working women of my generation who, just like Friedan's housewives, are wondering if there's 'something more' - it can feel like the pendulum swung too far the other way.

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Are Modern Women Doomed to Lose the Battle of the Sexes?

Tasha Smith | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Jessica Valenti, Feminity, Betty Friedan, Vagina, Feminism, Battle of the Sexes, Women's Issues, UK Lifestyle News
Tasha Smith

Seemingly men today are scared of women. We've taken their jobs. We pay our own bills. We buy our own shoes, chocolate, wine and cable TV. What do we need men for? Oh yeah, babies. Although, we could just follow Monica Cruz and go to a sperm bank if we want.

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Capturing The Struggle: Striking Images Of Women's Push For Liberation

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse and Cosima Ungaro | Posted 08.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women's Rights, Women's Suffrage, Betty Friedan, Margaret Thatcher, Second Wave Feminism, UK News, Wwii, Suffragettes, Feminist Movement, Simone De Beauvoir, Slidewide, Women's Movement, International Women's Day, Womens Day, Feminism, UK Lifestyle News

Pictures of suffragettes struggling with police and of 60's campaigners brandishing their bras are among the most iconic images of women's liberation ...

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