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What's your def of "powerful women?" Women in position of authority, i.e., your boss? Decisions makers who(m) affect your job? Hillary Clinton?

I'm being serious.

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Nah, I mean the everyday working girl who wears girl suits, and swears up and down she doesnt need men... also treating men who come up to her like crap.

See: Hitch, how the girl acts in the beginning of the movie.

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So you mean women who act like men?

But seriously...

This is, IMHO, a serious problem in our society. The feminist movement created a lot of good things for women, but it also really screwed up how men and women look at themselves and at each other.

The real problem is that so many women have chosen to embrace their masculine side - goal-oriented, pleasure seeking, and independent. So they are now focused on their careers, on getting laid, and on taking care of themselves.

The problem is that no one is picking up on the feminine side - the nurturing, caring, and emotional side. Many women are not suited to the masculine charactersitics they have adopted - they cannot be tough-minded business savvy workers without being, for lack of a better word, b*tches. For many men, competition is a part of their makeup - they can fight each other and compete against each other as though they were the bitterest of enemies, then, when its all over, they can walk over to their opponent, shake their hand, and, with all honesty, thank them for the competition and congratulate them on a hard-fought battle - this is not a very "feminine" way to interact.

The problem, as I see it, is that so many women have tried to shoe-horn themselves into a male situation, rather than trying to draw on their own strengths.

The real tragedy in all this is that no one is minding the home. Its fine to have two working parents - what, IMHO, you can't have is two CAREER-ORIENTED parents. The priority of one of the parents HAS to be on raising the family because, lets face it, whatever day care or nanny services you may use, parenting is a full-time job.

As a whole, what has happened as a result of the feminist movement, ironically, is that our entire society has become masculanized - and it has created an imbalance.