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Sunday 30 September 2007

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‘Miranda complex’ hits US women

WHEN Jessica Valenti read that successful young New York women were hiding their large incomes for fear of intimidating potential boyfriends, her response was an angry snort. “This just makes me sad,” said Valenti, the 28-year-old editor of Feministing.com , a popular feminist website. “Is masculinity so damn fragile that it can’t handle being treated to dinner? It seems there is no worse dating gaffe than having the nerve to make more money than your significant other – if you’re a woman, that is.”

Posted in Feminista, bias, sex and metropolis, sex politics

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