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Edited on Thu Oct-06-05 09:45 AM by tigereye
I think you are missing my point.
What confused me about Miers is that she emerged from a very similarly developing feminist world ( that is what they have in common) - and that she took a very different IDEOLOGICAL path, not necessarily a career path. In fact, she is similar to many other women of that time in the career choices that she made. It is just ironic to me that her path led her to a very different ideological direction than Steinem or HIllary, etc. THAT is what is ironic to me.
Schlafly came to the public eye at about the same time as Steinem and others did, despite her being older, and was quite hypocritical as a woman who was a non-conformist in some ways, in that she insisted that other women NOT do as she did. The Stepford sobriquet is the one typically applied to women who are in ideological lock-step with a view not really beneficial to them, in my view. You aren't defending her, are you? ;)
I don't think religion has much to do with it. I suspect that many boomer/feminist women have strong religious views... I guess I just don't believe that religion and politcs should be so intertwined.
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