Backlash : feminism under attack / Susan Faludi ; interviewed by Pamela Burton.

Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of "Backlash: the Undeclared War Against American Women," discusses how the movement to liberate women has lead to a reactionary backlash. Feminism has become a scapegoat, she argues, and is associated with satanism and witchcraft--raising peoples fear of magic. New leaders in the women's movement (such as Connie Marsher) have assimilated the principles of feminism but made them fit the conservative agenda by not challenging the system's structure. The body image of women has returned to Victorian patterms, and the use of platic surgery to transform women into an impossible image. The repeal of birth control and abortion laws has further limited women's freedom. The Hollywood presentation of women reflects this growing conservatism. The appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court--despite accusations of sexual harassment--points to the victory of sexist perspectives. She concludes by pointing to the Men's Movement as a reaction to strong women of the feminist movement.|BACKLASH : FEMINISM UNDER ATTACK / Susan Faludi| interviewed by Pamela Burton. - Susan Faludi, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of "Backlash: the Undeclared War Against American Women," discusses how the movement to liberate women has lead to a reactionary backlash. Feminism has become a scapegoat, she argues, and is associated with satanism and witchcraft--raising peoples fear of magic. New leaders in the women's movement (such as Connie Marsher) have assimilated the principles of feminism but made them fit the conservative agenda by not challenging the system's structure. The body image of women has returned to Victorian patterms, and the use of platic surgery to transform women into an impossible image. The repeal of birth control and abortion laws has further limited women's freedom. The Hollywood presentation of women reflects this growing conservatism. The appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court--despite accusations of sexual harassment--points to the victory of sexist perspectives. She concludes by pointing to the Men's Movement as a reaction to strong women of the feminist movement. - RECORDED: KPFK, 1991.