The question has puzzled everyone from Freud to Seinfeld, but Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, has finally determined What Women Want. And guess what? It’s the feminist agenda. According to Ireland, women from all walks of life, of every disposition and temperament, are united in their desire for abortion on demand, even tighter sexual-harassment laws, “gender equity” in high-school sports, lesbian rights, and welfare as we know it.
In her book What Women Want (Dutton, 323 pages, $ 23.95), Ireland explains how her personal metamorphosis from airline stewardess to bisexual professional feminist provides instruction to millions of women — a grandiose undertaking, maybe, but perfectly sensible if you assume, as the author does, that your every experience is fraught with social significance and must be interpreted as a mandate for feminism.
