Zatera Ul

I was reading Who Stole Feminism? by Christina Hoff Sommers at the Rendezvous. Obviously I am a few years behind on my reading; I usually buy used books. This part is worth quoting:

The traditionally religious women of today, be they Protestant Christians, Orthodox Jews, or observant Catholics–emphatically do not think of themselves as subjugated, lacking in self-respect, or unfree. Indeed, they very properly resent being described that way. For they are perfectly aware that they have all the rights men have. If they choose to lead their lives the way they do, that is their own affair.

And this part, about her Jewish relatives:

At family gatherings, I sometimes tell my sister-in-law, my nieces, and their friends about the feminist theorists who pity them and would liberate them from their “gendered families.” They are more amused than offended. It might surprise Gloria Steinem to hear they have a rather shrewd understanding of her kind of feminism. They simply want no part of it. They believe they have made an autonomous choice: they also believe their way of life offers them such basic advantages as community, grace, dignity, and spirituality. They see the patriarchal aspects of their tradition as generally benign. Some of them find aspects of Judaism insensitive to important concerns of women, but they are even more put off by the gender feminist’s rejection of traditional religion.

Exactly.