<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Grace Loehr wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid43BE0867-9D14-11DA-9AB7-000393DA5060@earthlink.net">I'll apply this to contemporary feminism, which today is identified with the feminism(s) espoused by women working in the academy, not working class women, working women, women not in the elite professions (medicine, law, corporate life, those making a living writing or with their art). Academic feminism, or feminisms, abandoned and then belittled the agenda of second wave or "liberal" feminism years ago: drive for equal rights in the workplace, child care, equal pay for equal work, equity in laws covering both males and females, raising the minimum wage, family friendly work policies, enforcement of child support, protection from and prosecution of domestic violence, &c.</blockquote> I could not quite make sense of academic feminism...and abandoned it many years ago. But could you please say more? How exactly did they belittle the agenda of equal rights, child care, equal pay, etc. What exactly does their feminism consist of then? Joanna <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid43BE0867-9D14-11DA-9AB7-000393DA5060@earthlink.net"></blockquote> </body> </html>