The Second Wave worked hard to create a feminist awareness, to outline the whole schmeer of gender relations and the issues confronting women every day. What they've failed to realize is that, to us, Authority now includes them. Women are equal to men, no questions asked. Abortion is a protected right. Women make fabulous senators, soldiers, and astronauts.
Feminism is part of our culture.
The Second Wave worked to create a theoretical construct called feminism under which a new generation of women could grow up free of the shackles that impeded their progress. Our generation is the test pilot for it. That cannot be overstated. They created the theoretical construct of feminism. And we are the first generation of women to actually test it out from childhood to adulthood.