The backlashes of the 80s caused for women, feminists, and those supporting the women’s rights movement to become discouraged. As Faludi expresses, it was not the fact that women were sad simply because they had not yet fully achieved “equality,” but instead this sadness that developed was due in part to the increasing pressures to stop the further quest for rights and equality, or “reverse” what had previously been achieved. It is true that the “hour” of women on this so-called American stage is in fact long overdue, and aspects of this fight for the rights pertaining to equality might in fact change. More women are seen to be in jobs that were typically considered male-dominated, and in the present, women in politics is flourishing. The
