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> [Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/feminism-s-agenda-is-basic-it-asks-that-women-not-be-forced-to-choose/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

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## More by Susan Faludi

> [The piles of makeup and the insistence on frills and ribbons and bows was not at all attuned to my feminist views.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-piles-of-makeup-and-the-insistence-on-frills-and-ribbons-and-bows/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [The culture used to move relatively slowly, so you could take aim. Now it moves so fast, and is so fluffy and meaningless, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-culture-used-to-move-relatively-slowly-so-you-could-take-aim-now/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [The modern fairy tale ending is the reverse of the traditional one: A woman does not wait for Prince Charming to bring her happiness;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-modern-fairy-tale-ending-is-the-reverse-of-the-traditional-one-a/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and hard-won victories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-last-decade-has-seen-a-powerful-counterassault-on-women-s-rights/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman's proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/as-women-began-to-challenge-their-own-internalized-views-of-a-woman-s/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [The demand that women "return to femininity" is a demand that the cultural gears shift into reverse, that we back up to a fabled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-demand-that-women-return-to-femininity-is-a-demand-that-the/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [When the enemy has no face, society will invent one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/when-the-enemy-has-no-face-society-will-invent-one/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [The media and the rest of popular culture weren't recording people's reactions to 9/11; they were forcing made-up reactions down people's throats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-media-and-the-rest-of-popular-culture-weren-t-recording-people-s/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [Divorced men are more likely to meet their car payments than their child support obligations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/divorced-men-are-more-likely-to-meet-their-car-payments-than-their/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [The 'feminine' woman is forever static and childlike. She is like the ballerina in an old-fashioned music box, her unchanging features tiny and girlish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/the-feminine-woman-is-forever-static-and-childlike-she-is-like-the/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [I've never believed that women have some special, essentialist qualities, or were more nurturing, cooperative, and morally superior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/i-ve-never-believed-that-women-have-some-special-essentialist/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [That so-called feminine ardor for clothes shopping had been flagging for some time. Between 1980 and 1986, at the same time that women were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/that-so-called-feminine-ardor-for-clothes-shopping-had-been-flagging/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [It's fine to dress in polka dots and pink crinoline if you want. What I recoil from is the idea that that alone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/it-s-fine-to-dress-in-polka-dots-and-pink-crinoline-if-you-want-what/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [Trump's "Make America Great Again" program trumpets a national identity built on scapegoating, self-pity and grandiosity, and the promise of a strongman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/trump-s-make-america-great-again-program-trumpets-a-national-identity/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

> [My goal is to be accused of being strident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-faludi/my-goal-is-to-be-accused-of-being-strident/)

[Susan Faludi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-faludi/)

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