I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.
Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue.
The feminists taught us about consciousness-raising.
If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.
The issue of gender was never my biggest concern; my biggest concern was doing good work. When the feminist movement really got going, I wasn't an active part of it because I was more concerned with my own mental pursuits.
There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
Progress is being made, but a lot of women are realizing it is not what they envisioned.
A triumph of consciousness-raising has been the homosexual hijacking of the word 'gay.'
I suspect there are people in all walks of life who need to be dragged into the 21st century in terms of attitudes towards women.
There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.