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Planned Edits for "Concerned Women for America"

discuss stances/action in debates regarding domestic violence, motherhood, and women's health
possibly discuss comparison/contrast with IWF?
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- Righting Feminism: Conservative Women & American Politics by Ronnee Schreiber
- Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right by Lisa McGirr
- Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood by Kristin Luker
- Core Issues: Pornography by Janet LaRue

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Content Discussed in Righting Feminism

Domestic Violence

CWA's concern for domestic violence is deeply rooted in their support of traditional families and heterosexual relationships (socially conservative/Christian values)
many arguments made against pornography & feminism
- CWA believes porn promotes desensitization to violence (and rape); lack of appreciation for traditional families/family values; encouragement of "unchecked sexuality and 'nontraditional' relationships" (64); "self-centered behavior" by women (60); "can lead to pedophilia" (67)
- CWA claims the only way to save society (aka their idea of the "right" society is through the regulation of porn
- CWA also believes that feminists encourage many of the issues associated with porn - argue that feminists are to "blame...for the debasement of public morality and the ascent of the sexual revolution" (60)
CWA also uses antifeminist rhetoric when discussing motherhood, claiming that women have instinctive maternal natures that make them inclined to prefer staying at home rather than working - CWA argues that feminists push the social acceptance of the "Supermom" which makes women think they have to do it all
- aka CWA wants women to have the freedom to choose, but firmly believes most women would rather raise their children (at least while they're young/before they go to school)

Motherhood

believe women are born with an innate sense of motherhood
strongly support stay at home mothers
argue that feminist groups too strongly encourage women to abandon their "motherly instincts" to work outside of the home instead of raising their children
- argue such rhetoric has permeated society creating social norms that make it difficult for women to feel comfortable choosing to be stay at home mothers