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The notion that women are liberated is critiqued as superficial and ultimately harmful. While American women enjoy higher pay, education, and freedoms—such as not serving conscription—they are portrayed as having sacrificed authenticity in favor of superficiality, luxury, and a distorted sense of independence. The speaker claims women have become "fake," masking their true selves behind cosmetics, material possessions, and superficial pursuits, while the deeper aspects of character and knowledge are neglected.