Feminism vs. Family Values: Women at the 1992 Democratic and Republican Conventions

@article{Freeman1993FeminismVF,
  title={Feminism vs. Family Values: Women at the 1992 Democratic and Republican Conventions},
  author={John Freeman},
  journal={PS: Political Science \& Politics},
  year={1993},
  volume={26},
  pages={21 - 28},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:155072281}
}
The 1992 conventions of the Democratic and Republican Parties saw the culmination of trends that have been developing for 20 years. The two major political parties have now completely polarized around feminism and the reaction to it. Each party's position has become institutionalized to the point where it is not seriously questioned within the national party and where the differences are clearly evident to the voting public. On feminist issues and concerns the parties are not following the… 
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