Steinem was asked for advice on how to deal with women who were not feminists and perpetuated sexism.
They existed, Steinem said. “But what is important to remember is, though women may be a problem for other women, they don’t have the power to be the big problem. Women may be adversaries, but we don’t have the power to be our worst adversaries."
“For instance, there’s now a not very good series here called Mrs America and it gives you the impression that … Schlafly, who was a very religious and rightwing woman who opposed the equal rights amendment … it gives you the impression that she was the reason it was defeated."
“In actuality, I don’t believe she changed one vote. Nobody could ever discover that she changed even one vote. The insurance industry here opposed the equal rights amendment because if they stopped segregating their actuarial tables it would cost them millions upon millions of dollars.” Schlafly was someone “brought in at the last minute” to make it seem that women opposed equal rights when the truth was “the vast majority” always supported it, Steinem said. “The series makes it seem as if women are our own worst enemies, which keeps us from recognising who our worst enemies are. Not that we aren’t in conflict, yes we are in conflict, but by and large we don’t have the power to be our own worst enemies.” Steinem, 86, talked about the importance of feminists of all ages working together. “Segregating by age is as ridiculous and destructive as segregating by race or class or gender or anything else. We learn from each other. We need each other.”
但是，反过来看，女性的地位得到提高，必然也有很多男性的支持才能得以发生。比如，对Ruth Bader Ginsburg （现任美国最高法院大法官）的事业无比支持，对她才华的由衷赞美，为她游说的Martin D. Ginsburg（她老公）。 还有那些支持好莱坞女性同工同酬的穿着I‘m with her的男性们。我同意Gloria，我们不因该把女性作为女权运动的敌人，我们需要女性同胞的团结，但是，我们也需要团结男性同胞。
[女大法官金斯伯格]
[性别为本]
而剧中的另一位主角，作为女权运动的“敌人”的Phyllis Schlafly。一开始佩服她有头脑有手段，之后， 生气她想站在男人的肩膀达到她的政治野心，并且对黑人，对女性，对LGBT毫无同情心， 还抱有受害者有罪论。 直到最后一集，看到她被里根抛弃为她觉得委屈和难过。对她来说，了解难懂的政治政策一点也不难，拿到法律的学位也小菜一碟，组织家庭主妇的运动更是游刃有余。然而，难倒她的是，跳出这个被别人设置的体系来做一个革命者。她不明白的是，如果女性整体的权力得不到提高，她自己作为那一份子的努力也只会被和她权力关系不对等又自私骄傲的男人们践踏。
最后，剧中因为里根的上台，女权运动倒退50年，Bella在电话中说，要为后来人hold the door,而Gloria说，我们的运动不是开始于华盛顿，也不会因为在华盛顿试试而终结。这难道不是我们现在时代的影射吗？ 我想到，在看《清平乐》中，范仲淹常常被贬，但是，其实想要施展自己的政治抱负，改变社会，不见得一定要在朝堂上。表面上看，当时《平等权利宪法修正案》并没有通过，但是，在这些优秀的女权运动家的带领下，通过她们的行为，她们的文章，影响了一代代的人，使女性成为社会上一股不可忽视的力量。虽然这部剧着重描述的是《平等权利宪法修正案》的失败，但我并不觉得剧中librals有什么让人感到忧郁的地方，她们在该快乐的时候快乐，受挫时痛苦，该吵架骂人时毫无顾忌，这样的才活得像个人。即便是《平等权利宪法修正案》失败了，她们也给后面女权运动带来巨大深远的影响，即便是失败了，她们的生活也无比精彩畅快。而我们，女性的唯一出路就是尽自己所能，争取最大的权力。我们在社会的梯子上爬到的高度，就很可能是后面的女性的起点。并且要勇敢又冷静地表达自己的观点，确认自己的感受，赢得自己的权力。要用自己的眼睛，自己的心去看去理解世界。
第09集完结
