The Years of Living Hysterically, Part III

Reflections on Joe Biden, Tara Reade, #MeToo, and our Hysterical Culture

AMBIVALENCE AND HYSTERIA

It was not until the 1980s that women were expected to enter the workforce, whether or not they wanted to. The social tide had turned. The feminine mystique was no more. Women without careers were mildly disdained as unaccomplished, lacking in ambition or self-esteem, servile, or perhaps too lazy to contribute financially to the …