The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.

Severe initiations increase a member's liking for the group.

When it comes to food, there are two large categories of eaters, those who do not worry about what they eat but should, and those who do worry about what they eat but should not.

Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and, as the theory would predict, they are usually denigrated for their efforts. While they are alive, they may be called 'cantankerous,' 'crazy,' 'hysterical,' 'uppity,' or 'duped.' Dead, some of them become saints and heroes, the sterling characters of history. It's a matter of proportion. One angry rebel is crazy, three is a conspiracy, 50 is a movement.

Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification.

Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and they are usually denigrated for their efforts.

The history of the women's movement in America follows a consciousness-amnesia cycle.