The Feminist movement of the 1970s may be ancient history‚ but according to journalist and author‚ Karen Bridson‚ it is in desperate need to be redefined and reclaimed so the new generation of women who are having babies can finish the jobs their mothers started. Her call to action was sparked by recognizing that while today's women are supposed to be benefiting from the women's movement‚ they are more exhausted‚ angry‚ and resentful than ever before. STUNNED marks the groundswell of this dissatisfaction among women and journeys into this need for a new women's movement‚ explaining that the problem has changed‚ women have changed‚ and the challenge before them is very different than in days past.
Not another mom-lit book about sippy cups and mother shock that leaves women angrier and high-and-dry for answers‚ Bridson uses her first-person account of becoming a mother to her now five-year-old son as a launching place to discuss further the new brewing mother's revolution. Picking up where academic and 'policy' books about contemporary motherhood have left off‚ STUNNED is not simply about a new generation of women realizing that their lot in this world isn't what they thought it was; it is a mother's call to action: STUNNED lets women know they are not alone‚ that things shouldn't be the way they are‚ and that change is possible. It's about recognizing that the way things are structured isn't in women's favor - even today - and deciding to do something about it.
Offering an understandable‚ vivid overview of the history of feminism‚ the propaganda against it‚ and the problems that have risen out of the progress made in the past decades‚ STUNNED not only looks at the problems‚ but proposes solutions to them. In addition‚ Bridson offers sociological‚ political‚ historical‚ and current data to discuss:
Why mothers are angry
The new pressures women face today
The bigger issues facing all women
How the women's movement was beaten down
Putting a new face of feminism
The young girls of today's culture
A history of women and what work still needs to be done
Further‚ STUNNED is an accessible‚ entertaining book on the subject of contemporary motherhood that helps women not to forget where they've been‚ while understanding that they do lose ground when becoming mothers. This is the wake-up call that will help women avoid entering motherhood with their eyes shut and prevent the Stunned factor once motherhood is upon them.
