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	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women Susan Faludi Three Rivers Press, 2006 - 592 pages average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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I take issue with those who label Faludi a "man-hater." She made a point to identify women who were part of the anti-feminist trends, which lends more weight to her theory of a backlash. When men were used as examples, it was for a good cause. I never thought Faludi was blaming or targeting men as the reason for the backlash, rather she focused on society as a whole.

A previous reviewer mentioned Faludi's use of specific examples weakened her argument, bringing her to the level of those she criticizes. While Faludi does use specific examples, she also stresses on having viable statistics to back her claims. Partial evidence of this can be found in the over 400 citations she utilized.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is curious to know more about the status of women in America. Speaking from personal experience, this is one of the few books that have made me view my world differently. I cannot think of higher praise.

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Long on Anecdotes, Short on Opinion and Analysis

I had SO much looked forward to reading this book. It is well-wrtten, and has loads and loads of supporting anecdotes. But in fact, it has so many that I became bored with it. the author makes good points, but keeps rehashing them over and over, and never gets to making conclusions. I have to say that I tried, but was not able to even finish the book, as after I got halfway though, I began skimming for the conclusions, and never found them. Disappointing.


Nothing a strong editor couldn't fix

There's a lot of good material here. But there's a lack of discipline in Faludi's book that detracts from the overall effect. First, she tries to do to much. There's good data and some very insightful anecdotal stories. But Faludi apparently felt compelled to through in every anecdotal example she could think of that had any relationship to the topics she addressed. After a while, it becomes too much noise and a distraction. Also, she seems unable to distinguish between truly compelling arguments -- of which she makes a number -- and forced, attenuated anecdotes. At times, rather than letting the evidence form her concusions, Faludi tries to force evidence to fit those conclusions. Not that I necessarily disagree with her conclusions, but Faludi's refusal to confront her theories' limitations ultimately hurt her credibility.

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