Contact: Stacey Holliday, Concerned Women for America, 202-488-7000 ext. 126

WASHINGTON, Mar. 29 /Christian Newswire/ -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, a presidential candidate for the 2008 elections, is touting the endorsement of the National Organization of Women (NOW) - a feminist group whose values are largely rejected by mainstream American women.  Clinton is using NOW's support as leverage to win the votes of women, but Dr. Janice Crouse, Senior Fellow of the Beverly LaHaye Institute of Concerned Women for America (CWA), contends that women have a negative connotation of feminism and will not be swayed or impressed by any candidate who holds this radical ideology. 

Dr. Crouse is an international authority and commentator on political, feminist, family, social, religious and women's issues. She has released a commentary entitled, NOW Embraces Hillary. Will She Hug Back?, which details the problems with feminist issues and icons. 

"Hillary needs a reality check if she thinks that a majority of women voters embrace radical feminism or will be swayed to vote for her because she has been endorsed by NOW," said Dr. Crouse.  "Three out of four women describe the word 'feminist' as an insult, according to a CBS poll.  Women recognize that the feminist ideology poses problems like abortion-on-demand, federally mandated day care, sexual orientation special agenda, and anti-masculinity. The movement is largely dead because their basic premise and icons are being rejected by mainstream America." 

Concerned Women for America is the nation's largest public policy women's organization.