6. Women slowly integrated into the workforce; however, they earned much less than their male counter-parts. Today women still only earn 50-95% of male counter-parts.
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30. Yet blame does not equal a solution. “ Women can be kicked when we are down, but no one is stupid or strong enough to kick us when we are standing up, all, together.” -Inga Muscio
40. Some feminists regard the English language as extremely sexist and in need of correction, thus, many words are spelled gender neutral. (Example: Womyn no longer means “of man.”)
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42. Children’s books with a positive feminist message can raise awareness about sexist issues.
