Reply #230: Mmmmm... I'm not so certain...

[IrateCitizen]

I think the focus on opening up the workplace was a matter of survival. With so many single mothers this had to be a priority.

The end result seems to be that most women are still stuck in the same kinds of professions that they were before -- child care, health care, retail, services, etc. -- without any gain in wages or benefits. What I believe is that the feminist movement was essentially hijacked at a crucial stage by those women who exhibited the more aggressive tendencies -- and that their primary concern was opening up the marketplace for individual success in lieu of collective success. The end result is that you have women CEO's like HP's Carly Fiorina slashing jobs with the best of them, while the majority of women STILL struggle to make ends meet due to substandard wages.