Cross cultural understanding: a handbook to understand others’ cultures

C.
 
Women Liberation 
The term ‗women liberation‘ refers to collection of 
opinions and developments that seek to end discrimination 
against women. Equal right for women is the goal. Adherent 
of the women‘s liberation movement urge that school 
textbooks and teachers take note of women contributions to 
history, science, and other fields. They argue for an end to 
what they see as stereotyping of women on television and 
other media. They seek to raise the consciousness of all 

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American concerning what they consider to have been a 
pervasive, unfair, and unwarranted anti-female attitude in 
society.
The themes underlying women‘s liberation movement 
are individualism, independence, and equality. They believe 
that women have been unfairly denied the rights and 
opportunities that all American citizen ought to have. 
Women liberation brings many impacts to men-female 
relationship, such as: 
1.
 
Women working and househusband 
In 1960‘s, only 33,3% of the American work force 
was female. By the 1985, the percentage had risen to 
54,7. More and more women, both single and married, 
are working outside their homes. Women liberation no 
doubt has something to do with this situation. Difficult 
economic time has contributed to the increase in female