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A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Women's Movement Has Been Disastrous
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Item Title A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Women's Movement Has Been Disastrous
Guest Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Guest Kolbert, Kathryn
Guest Huffington, Arianna Stassinopoulos (1950-)
Guest Burstein, Karen S.
Guest Paglia, Camille (1947-)
Guest Friedan, Betty
Guest Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth (1941-)
Guest Alvare, Helen
Host Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925-2008)
Moderator Kinsley, Michael E.
Date CreatedDecember 07, 1994
Description

Anyone who thinks "the women's movement" is monolithic should watch this show. Come to think of it, anyone who enjoys good theater should watch this show. Samples: CP: "Essentially feminism remains one of the great progressive reform movements of the last two hundred years. It is analogous to the abolition of slavery, to the abolition of child labor, and so on. Just as Mr. Buckley would not want to abolish Catholicism because of the excesses of certain fanatics, so must we not attribute to feminism the excesses of various neurotics and incompetents." ... BF: "I mean, I am a feminist, but I am not politically correct, and I hate that kind of rigidity. I hate the attempt to make a single doctrine, a single party line, whether it's feminism or anything else." ... HA: "How can a movement that says that some have no right to be born, based on dependency, size, stage of development, disability-and I might remind you some of your sisters say it's okay to have sex-selection abortion-how can such a movement call itself life-affirming?"

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Country of Origin
Place RecordedWashington, D.C., United States
DimensionsDuration: 2 hrs.
FormatMoving Image
Medium television programs
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Color
color
Soundtrack
sound
Hoover IDProgram FLS121
Record Number80040.1296
NotesVideo available through special order.
RightsCopyright held by Stanford University. This copy is provided for educational and research purposes only. No publication, further reproduction, or reuse of copies, beyond fair use, may be made without the express written permission of the Hoover Institution Library & Archives on behalf of Stanford University.

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