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Category Archives: Feminism
Where have you gone, Betty Friedan?
By Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman: Betty Friedan was a twentieth-century American revolutionary who, in word and deed helped empower women everywhere. She was author of The Feminine Mystique (1963), founded the National Organization of Women (NOW), and “mother” of … Continue reading
The Demon Mom Of The Year
Ellen Friedrichs: “Health educator, mom, editor of @aboutdotcom’s LGBT teens site and contributing writer for @Evrydayfeminism, Canadian.” From the Chateau: Jonathan Haidt wrote about disgust occupying a dimension of human morality. He found, (unsurprisingly if you’ve trawled the internet for … Continue reading
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Signs Of The Sexual Apocalypse
From the Chateau in 2009: A recurring theme here, and one that has gone wholly underappreciated by our elites on the Left and the Right, is how insidiously the culture and the sexual market have changed since the advent of … Continue reading
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Progressive PR firm FitzGibbon shuts after sexual harassment allegations
The Guardian: The public relations firm behind some of the world’s most progressive organizations has dramatically closed after its founder and figurehead received what one staffer described as “an avalanche” of complaints about sexual harassment and assault by his employees. … Continue reading
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Why Do You Need Feminism?
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Women Against Suffrage
Helen Andrews writes: When the fight in Britain over women’s suffrage came to an end with the passage of the Representation of the People Act 1918, which enfranchised property-holding women over 30, Mary Augusta Ward was almost relieved to have … Continue reading
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Well-Behaved Women Rarely Make History
Comments to Steve Sailer: * I’m surprised to see so many HBD types saying “gender” without irony when they mean sex. It was originally a grammatical term. The gender of a noun doesn’t always correspond to the sex of what … Continue reading
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What’s Up With All The Fat Incompetent Female Police?
Comment: Colorado shooting. Check out the tub of lard female police spokesman and then read about how the women on the force are suing to stop fitness requirements. “Last Friday the Colorado Springs Police Department agreed to the demands of … Continue reading
Mean Girls
Comments to Steve Sailer: * It’s hard to deal with these sorts of girls, because they take a small scale personal conflict and escalate it into a societal issue and rope as many others into the drama as possible. They … Continue reading
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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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