Christopher Lasch
  • A growing awareness of the depth of popular attachment to the family has led some liberals to concede that family is not just a buzzword for reaction.

  • Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family their defense of families carries no conviction.

  • Most women are pragmatists who have allowed extremists on the left and right to manipulate the family issue for their own purposes.

  • The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system.

  • The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.