Letter to The Economist

Hi Editor

SIR-Projections of the "gender wars" in educational qualification may be distracted from and interpreted wrongly about women's engagement in the political 'malestream'. However, those remarkable statistics of women's achievement in winning higher education did successfully illustrate the disjuncture of the internal diversity of feminist political science. I wonder what Mrs Palin has been criticized by liberal feminism has touched the essential controversial issue in feminism - the nature of sex and gender. I am quite positive the vice-presidential candidature of Mrs Palin has the biggest step forward for feminism since Madonna in the gendered character of political institution, nevertheless, I will be less optimistic it would be the triumph of feminism if Mrs Palin finally fulfill the feminist dream.


All the best,

Dr. LAI Yu Hung, Allen (賴育宏)
Ph.D. Student

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