When we want to take women down a peg, or undersell their influence, we treat them like little girls. Mike Huckabee, “How can you let your daughter defend ?” That daughter, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, is 35 years old – and was sitting at The View’s table herself, forced to politely nod along as her dad explained why he allowed his adult daughter to maintain her employment. On The View, host Joy Behar asked former Gov. According to President Donald Trump, his 35-year-old daughter Ivanka begged, “Daddy, can I go with you?” on a trip to push his tax overhaul plan in North Dakota (Ivanka also asked “daddy” if he could do something about parental leave policies). Pramila Jayapal of Washington, who is 51, is a “ young lady” who “doesn’t know a damn thing what she’s talking about,” says Alaska Rep. Here, she provides an outline for a feminist movement we all need and a blueprint for how policy, laws, and society can deliver on the promise of the pursuit of happiness for all.Elise Stefanik, a 33-year-old congresswoman from New York, is a “ little girl” who “can always run home to Mommy and Daddy,” according to her opponent, Democrat Steve Krieg (he also called her “sweetie” and, after he was criticized for his remarks, said she is “a child”). If our laws and policies made women's happiness and fulfillment a goal in and of itself, Filipovic contends, many of our country's most contentious political issues - from reproductive rights to equal pay to welfare spending - would swiftly be resolved.įilipovic argues that it is more important than ever to prioritize women's happiness-and that doing so will make men's lives better, too.
And never before have the requirements for being a "good mother" been so extreme. Never before have the standards of feminine perfection been so high. Never before have women at every economic level had to work so much (whether it's to be an accomplished white-collar employee or just make ends meet). In this world of unfinished feminism, men have long been able to "have it all" because of free female labor, while the bar of achievement for women has only gotten higher. In The H-Spot, Filipovic argues that the main obstacle standing in-between women and happiness is a rigged system. What do women want? The same thing men were promised in the Declaration of Independence: happiness, or at least the freedom to pursue it.įor women, though, pursuing happiness is a complicated endeavor, and if you head out into America and talk to women one-on-one, as Jill Filipovic has done, you'll see that happiness is indelibly shaped by the constraints of gender, the expectations of feminine sacrifice, and the myriad ways that womanhood itself differs along lines of race, class, location, and identity.
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