"Who Stole Feminism"

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This paper briefly looks at this book in which the author is a feminist who is dismayed with the current direction of the women's rights movement. It shows, however, in the section of her book entitled "New Epistemologies," Sommers is less concerned with going back to the traditional feminism of the 1970s than offering a new perspective or theoretical framework for the current feminist movement.

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"Hoff-Sommers calls for a return to an even earlier form of feminism, based on one that posits men and women as inherently biological different beings with different physical, social, and sexual needs. Hoff-Sommers argues that women are having children too late because of the misguided ideology of the modern feminist movement and are living unfulfilled lives because feminism has not taken into account women's reproductive needs and the different "journey" women must take in their personal and professional lives. Modern feminism, Hoff-Sommers states, has forced individuals to make a choice between career and family. A balance that is acceptable to the needs of the female can only be achieved by accepting the difference between the sexes."

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