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Feminist Ideology Wrecked My Marriage. And It’s Wrecking Women’s Politics.

Women are more often victims of our own beliefs about men than actual men.

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Lilah Wise
Oct 21, 2024
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Eight years ago, I walked my daughter, then seven, down to PS 34 in Lower Manhattan to cast my vote for Hillary Clinton for president. The air was thick with impending history. Already a little activist, my daughter wore white in a nod to the suffragettes. We took selfies together. I was overjoyed to show her that I was voting for the first female president. I imagined her telling this story to her granddaughters decades from now. Her bedroom was decorated with “Girl Power” posters, and books titled Strong is the New Pretty. RBG was her punk hero.

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