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Has the women’s movement of the 1970s failed to liberate American women?
The marathon run for American women’s liberation paused after impactful events of the first world war and the great depression. With its revival after World War II with very much need support from everyone in the united states to support military force in liberating Europe from the German army’s clutches. Amongst this came with 36% increase of women in the workforce in 1945 and the establishment of the U.S. federal childcare facilities. These encouragements (like the labor force participation) and support were thrown into the lives of these American women and then later ripped from them. They were expected to go back to their “normal” lives and continue being “virtuous women”, as Carolyn Graglia argues in her “Yes” article of debate, was the best path. She focuses that “sexual revolution”, more specifically in the “Traditional Sexual Morality Traduced” portion of her argument, ruined the idea of these good American women who were meant to stay home to clean the house and have children. Which from the first-hand experience is not for everyone. However, I do understand where she comes from when she mentions that sexual intercourse is now just a mundane “pleasurable physical sensation” (449) with no real symbolic meaning, with continuous influence from media platforms’ sex has lost is promiscuous meaning in society. Sara Evans argues, in her “No” article, that the feminist movement isn’t a failed quest rather it has many won battles and there is many more underway in this generation of women. After the “Golden year” of momentous changes in the law for equality the twentieth-century women continuous to plead for equality in many other social factors. Evans shows one lost battle for the feminist movement with Anita Hill in 1991, lights the way for people to realize that prejudice is still very much alive. Its embedded into society that women exaggerate and, in this case, particularly stated by congressmen are “women scorn”. That is a woman brings to light unvirtuous men and their actions, they are just searching to scorn them even in today’s political society. Evans does agree with Graglia that divorce rates have skyrocketed but see’s it as a triumph rather than a failure. Women are now given a chance to leave a marriage no matter the situation. Though the women’s movement has not completely liberated the “American woman” it has made massive strides in nearly over one decade for today’s women and continues to fight for their just rights.
