The politics of the women’s movement

Abstract

Any account of the relationship between women and politics, in contemporary Western societies at least, must assign a central place to the women’s movement. Earlier chapters have touched on its implications for women’s political participation and for policies affecting women; now it must be examined more closely. Despite the movement’s value and achievements, even because of them, this examination must be up to a point detached, pointing out weaknesses as well as strengths, the more so as we enter a time which is perhaps less hospitable to its aims.