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Category Archives: Feminism
Steve Sailer: When Society Encourages Mean Girls to Bully Boys
Steve Sailer writes: Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, whose 2012 book The Righteous Mind I reviewed in Taki’s, writes: The Yale Problem Begins in High School by Jonathan Haidt | Nov 24, 2015 | campus turmoil, free speech | 182 comments … Continue reading
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Feminization of America Is Bad for the World
Dennis Prager writes: Last week the New York Times published an article, “Sweeping Away Gender-Specific Toys and Labels,” that contained three sentences that explain one of the most important phenomena in American life. In discussing the increasing move to do … Continue reading
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Novelists Worth A Look
From the Chateau: * Welsh novelist Tessa Hadley writes some fascinating fiction. Her novels tend to be somewhat episodic, like short story collections tenuously strung together, but there are some magnificent anti-feminist insights in them. Her third novel, “The Master … Continue reading
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Young Adult (2011)
Ruth Ward writes: Being “independently successful” and self-reliant while waxing and preening religiously to “stay young” (as our protagonist does periodically throughout the story) may not be all that is necessary for fulfillment. In the end, these things may only … Continue reading
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Victim-blamer Brother Dean makes Slutwalk participants cry
From the Chateau: One of the YouGroove commenters summed it up thusly and verily: Observations from the first few minutes I’ve seen this video. Dean: – Alpha Body Language. – Doesn’t Care if he sounds offensive. – Based Hat + … Continue reading
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WP: 10 years ago, Neil Strauss was a pickup artist. Now he’s a committed husband.
I notice that the plainer the woman, the more threatened she is by game. On the other hand, hot chicks seem stimulated and intrigued by it. I’ve never met a woman who was an 8 or higher who hated game. … Continue reading
Was 1960s Feminism A Front?
I’ve never met a hot feminist. I’ve never met a happy feminist. Feminists are invariably ugly and bitter. Steve Sailer writes: If you look closely enough, you’ll notice lots of examples of this Jewish tactical genius for transmuting intra-Jewish hostilities … Continue reading
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Inside the world of the ‘pick-up artists’
Andy Tillett concludes his article for the Daily Mail: “The PUA technique had worked – and nobody could accuse me of misogyny.” And that’s the important thing, right? Nobody accusing you of misanthropy.
Hans Schulz: Why I say no to all-male panels
“Hans Schulz is vice president for the private sector and non-sovereign guaranteed operations of the Inter-American Development Bank.” He writes for the Washington Post: As someone who works in international development, I often participate in discussions about gender equality. We … Continue reading
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Self-Improvement Talk From 1890
From the Chateau: QFT from the self-improvement guide “Might is Right”, authored in 1890 by an Original Realtalker: There is nothing particularly inviting about barren, dyspeptic, blue-stocking ‘New Women,’ in pants and spectacles; talking idiotic snuffle through their noses; with … Continue reading
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