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Title: Backlash : The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi ISBN: 0-385-42507-4 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 06 September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (58 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: And so what have we learned???
Comment: So, Ms. Faludi, what exactly is the definition of "backlash"??? I would gather, according to your book, that backlash would be anything that does not promote your personal agenda, whatever that agenda may be, and whether that agenda is an honorable one, or not.
The amount of statistics you use is most impressive. Should I believe your statistics, or those of your opponents? I guess you would have me believe it depends on what side one is on.
"Aliens" is, according to the author, part of the backlash, because Lt Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver), motivated by those terrible "maternal instincts" saves a little girl from a horrible alien monster.
"Fatal Attraction" is also part of the backlash for two reasons (at least):
1) Alex (Glenn Close) gets herself into a sexual relationship with Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) for the unacceptable purpose of procreating.
2) Beth Gallagher (Anne Archer) is the one who finally kills Alex for the un-modern, un-feminist reason of defending her family.
Ms. Faludi, you need to learn that there is a considerable difference between conjecture and proof; between a denial and a refutation. You insist on so many rights, as though a person is supposed to merely assume that those rights are warranted simply because you want them, and anybody who disagrees with you is part of the "backlash" against women.
I like books that invite a person to think and to reason; I do not like books that merely fan ones own flames of discontent. It is a book like this that discredits the genuine inequalities and atrocities that exist in society today, and instead tries to push a definition of what exactly a woman should be.
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointing work
Comment: Former Wall Street Journal writer Faludi's treatise on how Ronald Reagan is personally responsible for the backlash against women. Faludi somehow never seems to explain that Reagan appointed more females than his predecessors, or how female-owned business startups far outnumbered those of men during his term, or how one senile old man could personally influence thousands of male bosses. I found the book anecdotal, not journalistic.
Rating: 2
Summary: Women Don't Need Men
Comment: For all you fathers out there who have had to fight with the tenacity of a pit bull for a modicum of visitation rights with your own kids, it may seem difficult to understand how feminists could be so livid - and so full of hate. I speak not only for myself, but for male friends, co-workers, and family members who have lost their homes, a good percent of their income, and have been told by their ex-spouses, girlfriends, and the court just how little time they may spend with their own children.
It seems men are just a gang of aggressive tyrants. Of course, they are certainly convenient when it comes to fathering children and paying the bills, aren't they! I find the book to be a declared war against men. I wish a feminist could experience what it feels like to be a disenfranchised father, with the unspoken cultural belief that you're not a man if you show your hurt. Men are taught to hide their feelings and keep quiet about such things. I think it's time we start to speak out.
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Title: The Beauty Myth : How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf ISBN: 0060512180 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 24 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Stiffed : The Betrayal of the American Man by Susan Faludi ISBN: 0380720450 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, Anna Quindlen ISBN: 0393322572 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Where the Girls Are : Growing Up Female with the Mass Media by Susan J. Douglas ISBN: 0812925300 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 28 March, 1995 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women by Christina Hoff-Sommers ISBN: 0684801566 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 May, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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