Cate Blanchett’s role as 1970s anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly has opened her eyes to the slow progress of the women’s rights movement.
The Oscar winner appears in new TV mini-series, Mrs. America, and speaking to Sunday Life magazine the 50 year old reflected on the state of contemporary feminism – insisting not much has changed over the last few decades. “Here we are in 2020 and we’re still being asked those same questions that my male counterparts just do not get asked,” she said. “I don’t think the conversation has really changed around that since 1971, when Mrs.
America starts. “Whether we spend our time primarily in the home, or in the workforce and also have a family, or we just devote ourselves entirely to our career, there is still
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