But Steinem went much farther than this. Her radical feminism was aimed directly at men. She saw a conspiracy of male dominance, oppression and supremacy everywhere in our culture and was determined that such a culture must be overthrown. At the heart of this patriarchy was the institution of marriage, which Steinem saw as inherently anti-woman and, therefore, evil. She taught that marriage gave men the inherent right to dominate women.
Surveys indicate that a growing number of college women are rejecting the idea of marriage.
Feminists ideology abounds in America's universities today. One of the most encouraging signs I see for our future is the number of young Christian couples who are rejecting feminist ideology in favor of building solid, Christ-centered marriages based on the Biblical design. And yet, radical feminism is so deeply ingrained in our culture that it is sometimes difficult to see how much it has affected us. Beyond Feminism, Back to Reality by Mary Pride Mary is as radical for Christ as she used to be as a feminist. A women's study professor who used this book in her class told me that she only had one student who still considered herself to be a feminist after reading Pride's expose of feminism.