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Editor's note: Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of "Crazy Love," a memoir of domestic violence. She lives in Washington with her husband and three children.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Historically, women's rights and status in America have been viewed by both men and women as "soft" issues -- worthy but marginal.
Real problems are the serious ones -- financial crises, international confrontations, nuclear arms, trade disputes, Mafia murders, the Steelers/Ravens game (if it looks close). But ills that plague the daily lives of women like rape, incest, prostitution and domestic violence -- not so much.
However, with Hillary Clinton perched atop the State Department, Michelle Obama in the White House, Oprah, Katie and Diane dominating television, and Arianna Huffington running the blogosphere, so-called "women's issues" may finally get the attention they deserve.
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