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LETTERS, Page 4WOMEN FACE THE '90S
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.
Shylah Boyd
New York City
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.
James A. Kern
Miami
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.
Wendy Wasserman
Larchmont, N.Y.
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.
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.
Warren Farrell
Encinitas, Calif.
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?
Maggie Merrill
Aurora, Colo.
You pit younger women against older feminists in a
divide-and-conquer article.
Mary Maron
Willowdale, Ont.
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.
Kitty M. Felion
Erie, Pa.