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Summary: a tremendous insight on modern women.
Review: i see the effects of the sexual revolution in my business daily.much of modern family practice is thesocial pathology and moral bankruptcy produced by the changes of the last 30 years. finally a well written analysis is addressing the kernal of our problems.
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Summary: A one sided sermon that lacks substance.
Review: Crittenden's book, while well written, nevertheless seems ridiculously one-sided. She takes several specific examples of women who are not currently happy with their lots in life, having established careers and did not marry or have children until their thirties, and proceeds to say that their selfish decisions to wait longer to have families is the underlying result behind their innate unhappiness.Crittenden misses in two very important areas: First off, she is addressing only one side of the issue - the side she is attacking. Her book is lacking in logical examples proving why her solution would be the best one - that is, to marry young and have children young, then establish a career. Instead, her suggestions ring hollow. She misses in a second, deeper aspect however: the fact that everyone's life is based on a myriad of choice, daily choices which can affect our lives fundamentally or scarcely at all. She proposes that all women in a specific situation must be unhappy, without knowing anything of the circumstances that brought the person to that decision. In that respect, I found the book judgmental, There is no one formula that ensures happiness for any woman. But Crittenden seems to say that unless you keep your legs closed, get married when you're 20 and have the kids out the door by the time you are 29, then you are doomed for a miserable and regretful existence. The decision to marry and start a family is just that - a decision. But she does not give women credit for the wisdom to make our own decisions, judgements, triumphs and mistakes and the freedom to learn from them all. Bottom line is, I wouldn't recommend wasting a valuable afternoon on this book.
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Summary: Play it again, Sam.
Review: This latest wave of conservative trendiness should be over soon, and hopefully, this book will be relegated to the bargain bin. While some of the points are valid -- children benefit from a stay-at-home parent -- it does not take into account some people are content to remain childfree and unhitched. Not all women want the knight in shining armor, white picket fence and 2.5 children. The women's movement allowed women to explore all of their options. Unfortunately, as the book points out, juggling career, house and family is impossible. Women who try to do it all are selfish, and because of their selfishness, something has to give. But it still overlooks those of us who have explored our options and decided family life is not for us. Throughout time, there have been women who never wanted to go the traditional route. They were called "nuns." Now we have more choices than devoting our lives to God. Praise the Lord.
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Summary: Ignore this book at your peril.
Review: People are either going to love or hate this book. I loved it. Ms. Crittenden exposes the main shortfall of the feminist movement: its glaring unwillingness to accept compromises regarding life choices, especially its failure to sucessfully reconcile the reproductive needs and desires of women with relationships and career aspirations. I am a woman who grew up with the blind expectation of "having it all" as outlined by the feminist movement. But as I read the book, I realized that I had already come to many of the same conclusions that Ms. Crittenden reaches, from my own experience as a working mother. We cannot "have it all", at least not all at once; we delude ourselves if we think otherwise. Any choice we make involves tradeoffs, some that we see immediately, others that we won't know about until years later. Ms. Crittenden outlines the tradeoffs that are unforeseen by many who blindly follow the current feminist tenets. She also provides some reasons why many who follow the feminist line are not as happy as they think they should be. This book makes a strong case for re-evaluating the feminist movement and suggests a possible direction that allows a working compromise for life choices regarding children, relationships and career. Those who disparage the book invariably see this direction as backward. It certainly will not hold for everyone, and contrary to some of the reviews on this page, Ms. Crittenden does not insist that it should. But it does offer a possible working solution for our own daughters so that they can learn from the pre- and post-feminism mistakes of the past 60 years. In the end, this book is not an indictment of feminism, but rather a suggestion on how to improve on it, if feminists are willing to listen.
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Summary: Finally - the moral bankruptcy of Feminism is being revealed
Review: This was a great book! Finally the lies and misandry of modern day feminism are being exposed. Feminisms anti-male, anti-father, anti-family, homocentric, left-wing agenda is NOT being bought lock stock and barrel by the next generation of young women. I'm thrilled to hear that most young women today won't self-identify as "feminists" and hope we are beginning a new "post-feminist" era. Because the lies (rise in violence on SuperBowl Sunday, 150,000 deaths by anerexia, ourtight distortion of DV figures etc, etc.) that the feminist movement have been feeding young girls on campus' everywhere are turning their hearts black. Feminism is no different than any other hate-based lobby group. Frankly - I'm thankful that poeple - men and women - are starting to realize the Feminist Empress "has no clothes".
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Summary: OLD NEWS - EUROPEAN WOMEN WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!
Review: There is nothing new about this book. It succinctly restates that some Yankee women chose to put themselves through the grinder to prove that they too have that rather barbaric and pioneering spirit that their men folk did and are willing participants in this on going experiment called America. In reality, those men are doing what they are doing to feed their families and survive in a rather grotesque capitalistic society. Don't tell me you gals that works as MDs,JDs,CPAs,MBAs,Phds'and bill 2000 hours a year need families - so that you can nurture them - you probably end up abusing them if you will. Who needs who? You probably need a family than the otherway round! It was wrong for you to envy the menfolk in the first place! Men, like you today, were forced into an intensely capitalist culture that valued their work that was based on the returns on their next quarterly report. Din't you see the fear and angst among your fathers, uncles and grand fathers
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Summary: A Definite Must Read
Review: Serious, thoughtful and well delivered. Provides fresh insight into feminist thought. Upsets the status quo and as a result, has the hypocritical feminist hierarchy and their drones foaming at the mouth.
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Summary: She insightfully points out the misapplication of feminist..
Review: Crittenden's insightful critique points out how the overinterpretation of feminist tenets has impacted women's lives--and contributed to their unhappiness. The bottom line: question all movements, even feminism!
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Summary: This book is shallow and tunnel-visioned.
Review: This book reads like a mediocre term paper. I'm amazed that a 35-year-old writer and publisher can understand so little about the complexity of human lives and relationships. She may grow in wisdom over the next 10-20 years, and may also meet a few more of the masses of divorced women who married early.
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Summary: Insane
Review: I think that this thinking will set women back too far. I hope no young women read this
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