Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women

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Author: Susan Faludi

What has made women unhappy in the last decade? Faludi writes ‘is not their equality’ – which they don’t yet have – but the rising pressure to halt, even worse, women’s quest for that equality…..Read More

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