It is a theory that has proven not to work in practical application. According to Macridis and Hulliung, "we all believe in certain things . . . we all have prejudices, whether we know it or not . . . some become alienated – rejecting the society and its values, sulking into their separate and private tents but ready to spring forth into action" (pg. 1). It is just natural that in a liberal society, some of these built in prejudices and biases would surface and make themselves known. In theory, liberalism works perfectly because of pluralism, or the view that there should be competition of ideas and tolerance for all points of view. However, as many groups in America can point out, just because they have a voice does not mean that anyone is there to listen. The view that feminists have to offer is that liberalism is a synonym for paternalism, and that women have been systematically excluded from reaching the same level of success and freedom as men. Feminists believe that since the founding of the liberalist society, women were held in a position of inferiority and have had to fight against the system of liberalism to gain any rights they have won for themselves. One of the most devastating problems for the Classical Greeks was the women"s issue. Women in Classical Greece were not citizens, held no property, and indeed were not even allowed out of the house except under guard. Their status differed from that of the slaves of Greece only in name. Feminists feel that there is a sort of "glass ceiling" not only in the workplace but in all of society and that women just were not made to occupy the same positions as men, at least not under liberalism. For a while it was the position of women to simply accept their status, but the eventual "democratic equality would encourage women to question their social status and. . . in 1965 the Women"s Movement in America was born" (pg.