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- LETTERS, Page 4WOMEN FACE THE '90S
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- Whether you refer to it as feminism or the women's
- movement, this bloodless political revolution has changed
- America forever (LIVING, Dec. 4). If it had not been for us
- strident, hairy-legged activists, you gals in your 20s earning
- $80,000 a year selling blue-chip stocks, happy in the knowledge
- your dayworker and dog walker can handle the home front, would
- still be separating wash in front of a TV game show.
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- Shylah Boyd New York City
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- I am tired of hearing about the wage gap. Women are born to
- nurture children. Men have more of themselves tied up in their
- work. They are more assertive on the job and more likely to
- forgo a pleasant working environment for higher pay. Women often
- opt for a package that produces less money. What's wrong with
- that? Men can't have it all. Neither can women.
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- James A. Kern Miami
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- As a 20-year-old Vassar undergraduate, I think my
- generation's hesitancy to align itself wholeheartedly with the
- feminist movement is due to the lack of consistent role models.
- Ours range from Cher to Michelle Pfeiffer to Pat Schroeder to
- Faye Wattleton. This variety is enough to bewilder any woman.
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- Wendy Wasserman Larchmont, N.Y.
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- Pondering the supposedly lazy male who fails to do his
- share of chores around the home, I thought about the "housework"
- my three brothers do. They constantly make general repairs,
- remodel rooms, mow lawns, chauffeur children, etc. They rarely
- have an idle moment.
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- Kristine Benishek Worcester, Mass.
-
- When you described me as a feminist, you missed the
- all-important distinction I make between being an
- equal-rights-only feminist and an
- equal-rights-and-responsibilities feminist. I talk about women's
- obligation to register for the draft as much as I do about
- women's equal rights in the armed forces. I care as much about
- men working in more hazardous jobs as I do about women having to
- take lower-paying jobs. In brief, I oppose an Equal Rights Only
- Amendment and I support an Equal Rights and Responsibilities
- Amendment.
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- Warren Farrell Encinitas, Calif.
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- To be a feminist is to be for women, for improving the
- quality of women's lives. As one who worked and marched for the
- ERA, I am amazed at the young women who are taking for granted
- the gains we have made. Women need advocates in our culture.
- Whom do we expect to be our advocates if not ourselves?
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- Maggie Merrill Aurora, Colo.
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- You pit younger women against older feminists in a
- divide-and-conquer article.
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- Mary Maron Willowdale, Ont.
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- How appropriate that your cover sculpture of the woman and
- child was carved out of wood, not made of plastic or fragile
- china. It will withstand the knocks of life.
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- Kitty M. Felion Erie, Pa.
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