Has the Sexual Revolution Been Good for Women? Mary Eberstadt: No - WSJ.com ›

“Myth No. 1: The “war on women” consists of tyrannical men arrayed against oppressed but pluckily united women.

In the first place, womankind, bless her fickle heart, is not exactly united on…anything.”

This article is so unbelievably patronizing and condescending and wrong…my fickle, womanly heart just had a rage stroke. And it does not care for your blessings either, Mary Eberstadt. 

#politics  #feminism  #sexual revolution  #sex  #sexuality  #women  #abortion  #birth control  #reproductive justice  
1 year ago on March 26, 2012 at 11:50pm
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  1. isthatwhatyoucalllearning reblogged this from takealookatyourlife and added:
    Yeah, it was the sexual revolution that made women unhappy. Not men being increasingly large asshats.
  2. finallyhopingtobecomehappy reblogged this from thesexuneducated
  3. ryeisenberg reblogged this from thesexuneducated and added:
    Good point. Here’s a link to the counter argument: Has the Sexual Revolution Been Good for Women? Yes.
  4. a-colourfullife reblogged this from rattyrattyjo and added:
    Leave it to the Wall Street Journal to completely ignore economic hardship as a reason why people are unhappy or holding...
  5. takealookatyourlife reblogged this from thesexuneducated
  6. rattyrattyjo reblogged this from thesexuneducated and added:
    Is she blaming spiking divorce rates and out of wed-lock pregnancies on birth control or am I reading this wrong? And...
  7. thesexuneducated reblogged this from ryeisenberg and added:
    I read the same article - problematic to say the least. The only redeeming quality was Ann Patchett’s counter argument!
  8. bagofshit said: UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH
  9. turtlefeed said: Personally, my rage stroke occurred the moment she misused some variant of “begging the question.” (Also, this is why I <3 you.)
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