'The Rise of Enlightened Sexism'

An interesting article: 'The Rise of Enlightened Sexism' by Susan Douglas, from the On the Issues website. There are some very provocative ideas explored in it. I'd be interested to hear responses.

A brief excerpt: "What the media have been giving us then over the past fifteen years are fantasies of power. These fantasies assure girls and women, repeatedly, that women's liberation is a fait accompli and that we are stronger, more successful, more sexually in control, more fearless, and more held in awe than we actually are. Fantasies of power urge us to pretend that any woman can become a CEO (or president), and that women have achieved economic, professional and political parity with men. Yet fantasies of power also insist that purchasing power and sexual power are much more gratifying than political or economic power. Buying stuff -- the right stuff, a lot of stuff -- emerged as the dominant way to enact being an empowered female."