Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is the author of Feminism Is Not the Story of My Life: How Today’s Feminist Elite Has Lost Touch with the Real Concerns of Women, from which the following viewpoint is excerpted. In this viewpoint, Fox- Genovese contends that feminists’ assertions that women are treated unequally within the workplace are exaggerated. In reality, she writes, women are entering the workforce in rapid numbers and their average income is rising steadily. Although some women may face workplace discrimination, evidence shows that middle- and upper-class women are prospering. If feminists truly want to help women, Fox- Genovese claims, they should focus their attention on the economic inequalities that make it difficult for poor working women to support themselves and their families.

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