Contents

Preface to the Fifteenth Anniversary Edition

1 Introduction: Blame It on Feminism

PART ONE
Myths and Flashbacks

2 Man Shortages and Barren Wombs:

The Myths of the Backlash

3 Backlashes Then and Now

PART TWO
The Backlash in Popular Culture

4 The “Trends” of Antifeminism:

The Media and the Backlash

5 Fatal and Fetal Visions:

The Backlash in the Movies

6 Teen Angels and Unwed Witches:

The Backlash on TV

7 Dressing the Dolls: The Fashion Backlash

8 Beauty and the Backlash

PART THREE
Origins of a Reaction:
Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers

9 The Politics of Resentment:

The New Right’s War on Women

10 Ms. Smith Leaves Washington:

The Backlash in National Politics

11 The Backlash Brain Trust: From Neocons to Neofems

George Gilder: “America’s Number-One Antifeminist”

Allan Bloom: A Refugee from the Feminist Occupation

Michael and Margarita Levin: Boys Don’t Cook and Girls Don’t Do Long Division

Warren Farrell: The Liberated Man Recants

Robert Bly: Turning “Yogurt Eaters” into “Wild Men”

Sylvia Ann Hewlett: The Neofeminist’s Lesser Work

Betty Friedan: Revisionism as a Marketing Tool

Carol Gilligan: Different Voices or Victorian Echoes?

PART FOUR
Backlashings: The Effects on Women’s Minds, Jobs, and Bodies

12 It’s All in Your Mind:

Popular Psychology Joins the Backlash

13 The Wages of the Backlash:

The Toll on Working Women

14 Reproductive Rights Under the Backlash:

The Invasion of Women’s Bodies

Acknowledgments