Gender is really varied and complicated and sort of infinitely individualistic.

- Susan Faludi

The women's movement. . . has proved women's own worst enemy.

- Susan Faludi

A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some headway towards …

- Susan Faludi

A lot of people seem to want to make the institution of marriage substitute for a real relationship.

- Susan Faludi

All of women's aspirations--whether for education, work, or any form of self-determination--ultimately rest on their ability to decide whether and wh…

- Susan Faludi

The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.

- Susan Faludi

We think of a feminist as someone a woman becomes in reaction to personal indignities and social injustices. But the truth is, such inequities only a…

- Susan Faludi

In place of equal respect, the nation offered women the Miss America beauty pageant, established in 1920-the same year women won the vote.

- Susan Faludi

Feminism's agenda is basic: It asks that women not be forced to 'choose' between public justice and private happiness.

- Susan Faludi