“[. . .] the secret of the charmed
ones lies in their sisterhood” (“The
Power of Three Blondes”)
Contemporary feminist critics have
pointed to the fact that the second
wave was neither open nor accessible
to women of differing class, education,
or ethnic backgrounds. After all,
“the experiences recounted in consciousness-
raising groups which were
used as a basis for theorising the universal
oppression of all women were
[. . .] largely the experiences of middleclass
white women” (Hollows 6). Elizabeth
Fox-Genovese makes this point