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"During last Tuesday's presidential debate, Romney answered a question about pay equity by saying that he made sure his chief of staff could leave work in time to cook dinner for her family. "The Bachelor" has resurrected the same regressive view of relationships, showcasing bubbly babes promising to "make the best wife" for ABC's husband-in-chief "because I would be a servant to him. And if he comes home from a long day at the office, I'll just rub his feet and have dinner ready for him!" For more than a decade, reality TV has stuffed "binders full of women" with stock characters:"

"Chivalry is a behavior that masquerades as a courtesy while concealing a dramatic assertion of inequality between the sexes. There is no way around it: it's about viewing women as fragile, delicate creatures who require special treatment. And it needs to die."

"Beauty pageants should go the way of the corset. They're outdated and restrictive and perpetuate a damaging link between real world success and a woman's capacity to cultivate a very specific, stereotypical definition of beauty."

"Holiday shoppers will mob the malls this weekend. Some of them are shopping for children. Some of them are children. This time of year reminds us of a question facing parents year-round: When and how should children learn to be consumers?"