The End of Feminism?

Did the Iowa primary caucuses signal the start of the end of gender war feminism in America?

My co-author Julie Coates has told me Gen Y women like pink, wear dresses, and at our conference this fall I noticed one 22 year old wearing high heels. Then the Iowa primary caucuses made the point differently, with young women voting for Barack Obama over HIllary Clinton (who won among older women). 

Is it o.k. to wear high heels again?  The Baby Boomers almost unanimously endorse the 1975 - present gender war feminism that says that female attributes are superior to male behavior, and boys should be raised like girls. Is a new post-feminism taking over Gen Y from the gender war feminism of the Baby Boomers?  What do you think?

Comments

[Suzanne]

I think we've come to a point that you can be a woman, wear high heels and pink suits, and still be an equal to any guy. You don't have to be a manly woman to be taken seriously anymore.

As far as the Iowa caucuses are concerned, I don't think it was a sign of the end of feminism as much as it was a vote of confidence for a younger generation of leaders. Although Obama is technically a Boomer, he's really a trailing edge boomer. Trailers are more Gen X than Boomer, because they also don't remember a time when the country seemed to be going in the right direction. Where were they when Kennedy got shot? In Kindergarten.

There was an interesting essay in the Atlantic that discusses Obama's appeal to younger voters:
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama