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Category Archives: Feminism
Catharine MacKinnon
Catharine A. MacKinnon (b. 1946) changed American feminist legal theory more than any scholar of her generation. She works as a lawyer, an academic, and an activist, and across nearly five decades she has reshaped how courts, legislatures, and international … Continue reading
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The New Moral Center of Gravity: How Sex Ratios Shape Institutions
Men and women differ on average in how they approach conflict, hierarchy, rules and moral evaluation. These differences are modest at the individual level but meaningful in the aggregate. When the sex ratio of an institution shifts, its moral center … Continue reading
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The Great Feminization
This essay, written by Helen Andrews, is an extended argument for what she calls the Great Feminization thesis. Here’s what it means in plain terms. I. Core Argument Andrews says that what people call “wokeness” isn’t an ideology or political … Continue reading
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What are the most important differences between right and left on male-female differences?
Grok says: Biological vs. Social Basis: Right: Emphasizes biological differences (e.g., genetics, hormones) as primary drivers of male-female traits, behaviors, and roles. Often cites evolutionary psychology, like men’s higher physical strength or women’s nurturing tendencies, to argue for innate distinctions. … Continue reading
Australian Men Might Be The World’s Laziest Daters
Jewel Nichols writes: Why are Aussie men so afraid to summon, at the very least, some sort of compliment that isn’t “you’re so fun” or “you’re such a baddie”? They’re just straight up lazy. And it’s this laziness that permeates … Continue reading
Inculcating An Attitude Of Gratitude & Reverence For The USA (8-15-24)
06:30 The Real Reason for the Rise in Rape – and Why Feminists Won’t Mention It., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unmz-nuSS_I11:30 Swoooon! Why is Harris Media Coverage Like This? | Mark Halperin, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0xCB1J0SOk31:25 95% of journos badly want Trump to lose 33:20 WP: Why … Continue reading
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WEHT To Matt Drudge? (8-14-24)
01:00 NYT: Monkeypox and the Gay Community, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/briefing/monkeypox-gay-community.html08:00 WEHT to Matt Drudge?12:20 What Tucker Carlson did to get blacklisted by Matt Drudge, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/finding-matt-drudge/id172618135118:00 Why Drudge turned against Trump, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-drudge-turned-on-trump/id1726181351?i=100064736289430:00 Elites vs regular Americans, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tJPnS8vJE32:00 We don’t live in a media-run … Continue reading
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Expanding Rights For One Group Usually Comes At The Expense Of Other Groups
Why are some identities valorized and others despised? Eric Kaufman wrote Sep. 19, 2023: Wokeness is about making historically marginalized groups sacred. This religion reinforces an ideology I term “cultural socialism,” which holds that the highest aim of society is … Continue reading
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CNN: Doug Emhoff acknowledges affair during first marriage after tabloid report
Even though Democratic elites have known since at least 2020 about this affair, they still chose to put Doug Emhoff out there talking up abortion. If he’d lived as a private citizen rather than a political activist, his affair would … Continue reading
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The Women Of OceanGate
These are the #women of OceanGate. They are #submersiblepilots, #dataanalysts, #business #managers, #engineeringPMs #marketers #conservationist, #explorers, #boat #captains, #innovators and #thought-leaders all working together to #open the #oceans. #IWD2020 pic.twitter.com/CvVOtIEOdC — OceanGate (@OceanGate) March 8, 2020 White heterosexual men, who … Continue reading
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