The F Word - Blog 3

In Anna Quindlen’s “Still Needing the F word” the author argues that the feminist movement is still needed as all the goals of it have not been reached. To support this idea she uses an example of a study of Duke University females who are expected to “hide their intelligence in order to succeed with their male peers.” She goes on to say that while women once has to stress about being perfect housewives and meeting standards set by males they now are stressing about being the perfect professional while still meeting standards set by males. In her eyes this proves that the feminist movement still has a long way to go. Quindlen does not deny that the world has changed in the last 40 years but argues that the change that has come about is not all its cracked up to be.