Daughters of the revolution: today's young women have profited from feminism, but will they defend it?(Youth And Politics)

From: The American Prospect | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: Thrupkaew, Noy | Copyright information

"I would not call myself a feminist," says Natalie, a University of Michigan junior. "I'm experiencing a lot of the advantages that feminists worked to achieve, and I'm thankful.... But I don't know that women are still that much uneven from men, especially in the workplace." Told that on average a woman today makes only 76 cents to a man's dollar, Natalie is shocked. "I don't understand how that could be fair or even possible," she says.

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