Afterward: Feminism as a Step in Human Evolution: A Paradigm Shift in Values for Women, Men, and Society

At the end of each year we would hold a day-long retreat, for many years at the home of Diana Meehan, trying to formulate concrete policies or actions implied by our discourse. We started a custom of sharing how we were using our Think Tank insights in our daily lives or our professional and political work. The results were not always as grandiose as an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court. After our session on feminism and pornography, Ann Lane (then Los Angeles' fire commissioner) and Ramona Ripston (head of the ACLU) worked out an approach that removed graffiti from the walls of the Los Angeles...