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Modern women: Do they really know what they want?

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    by Dr Elizabeth Menon

    Women of Today: The "New Superpower" We talk about equality, equal wages, political correctness and acceptability in all walks of life. But it is worth considering whether these factors apply when it comes to women. The...read more

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    by Kamille Finnen

    I feel that I can label myself as a modern woman, I'm at a twenty something, with a son and a job, (not a career), and one fiance. I live in the modern century. As to the matter of knowing what I want, I'm not even sure if...read more

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    by Catsy Jones

    I as a woman and a married woman at that, know that I can drive men, especially my husband, crazy. I can drive him completely up the wall. I know what I want, but it is very difficult for my husband to understand what I wa...read more

  • by Elizabeth Mia Scott

    This is a tricky question. First, let's look in the dictionary for the definition of want even though technically we know what it means. The 1953 publication of Webster's New World Dictionary: College Edition definition nu...read more

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    by Richard Serra

    Women of today are a much different breed than what we are use to from the days before feminists started thier campaign to change what they felt was for the better. But is it really better for all women, or are there many ...read more

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    by Holly Peacock

    Superwomen becomes Super-Stuck! Emerging all over the western world is a generation of women who are deciding they no longer want to be the Superwomen of the past, who strive unrealistically to juggle a high flying care...read more

  • by Laura Reuss

    It seems that a reverse form of discrimination is snaking its ugly way through the landmine that is women's rights. Not all, but a great number of women are the worst perpetrators of it against themselves, unfortunately. ...read more

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    by John Gugie

    Whenever I criticize women, I'm labeled sexist, so I'll say it myself. I've asked myself this question thousands of times over the years. I've read about it on hundreds of sites and from many people - men and women. No...read more

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    by Rhianna Suttie-Gunson

    Of course the modern woman knows what she wants. She wants it all! Modern women want love, they want power, they want respect. Yet at the same time they want independence, solitude and the ability to be who they choos...read more

  • by Roxanne Dubarry

    Perhaps the definition of modern women can found by carefully examining the women of the past. Can you recognize the modern women in Proverbs chapter 31:10-31 in King Solomon's description of the virtuous wife? "Who can...read more

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    by Marcus Brooks

    What is a modern woman? We're not talking about Mrs. Cleaver. She used to pull fresh, apple pies right from the oven and sits them on a window sill. The Mrs. Cleaver stayed at home patiently waiting on her husband to re...read more

  • by whiteandorange

    2/6/08 Even if most Modern women really don't know what they want; I do know that they KNOW that they would like to have the right to make that decision WITHOUT interference from an outside controlling FORCE! There are ...read more

  • by Alixandria Knight

    Most modern women in today's world go through periods of their lives where everything is flowing along at a predictable pace. The paces change as do the women, but you get the idea. Even when it is an exciting time of newn...read more

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    by Karlin Brock

    Posing the question, "Do modern women really know what they want?" suggests that women in the past have really known what they want. Socially acceptable roles have dictated what men and women have done for thousands of yea...read more

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    by Catastrophe Jones

    I have to tell you; I'm sick of the gender divide in nearly every single question I read. This question presumes that women in the past knew what they wanted, and it also presumes that modern men know what they want. Bo...read more

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