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Category Archives: Feminism
Secrets of Feminism (2-3-22)
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The Woman Question
Kyle Rowland writes: Men are instinctively predisposed towards providing for and protecting women. This means that women will get as much as men can give them, in terms of luxury and freedom. ‘Patriarchies’ are poor or insecure, and cannot afford … Continue reading
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Women Tend To Regret Sex That Doesn’t Lead To Marriage
Comments at Steve Sailer: * …things like hook-up culture (either in college or the workplace) are an anathema to most women. Whether they look back fondly on a particular sexual act or not depends not on the act itself in … Continue reading
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Mommy Bloggers, #MeToo, & The Incel Threat
* An Open Letter to John Brennan * NYT: ‘A French Novelist Imagined Sexual Dystopia. Now It’s Arrived.’ MP3. * From People magazine: Author Kelly Oxford, Who Started #NotOkay, Claims Her Ex-Husband Once Threw a Phone at Her Head Kelly … Continue reading
Helsinki, The World Cup & Toxic Femininity (7-16-18)
* From VDARE: Populists Aren’t Organizing. Is It Because They Won’t… Or Because They’re Not Being Allowed To? * Heather E. Heying writes: Hotness-amplifying femininity puts on a full display, advertising fertility and urgent sexuality. It invites male attention by, … Continue reading
Filing That Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Could End Your Productive Days
I moved to Los Angeles in 1994 and met an attractive female attorney in her late 20s. We never dated but we were friendly. I flirted with her and she found me amusing. Then she filed a sexual harassment lawsuit … Continue reading
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Forward: No, You Can’t Be A Feminist And A Zionist
Here’s the op/ed: When I hear anyone championing Zionism while also identifying as a feminist, my mind turns to images of night raids, to the torture of children and to the bulldozing of homes. But I also think of those … Continue reading
Joss Whedon’s ex-wife Kai Cole accuses ‘feminist’ Buffy writer of ‘multiple affairs’
Harry Baldwin posts: Hilarious story on Drudge today: Joss Whedon’s fan site closes down after Kai Cole, his angry ex-wife, exposes him as a fake feminist, a “hypocrite preaching feminist ideals.” Isn’t every male feminist fake? I assume they’re all … Continue reading
Harpers: ‘The Rise of the Valkyries: In the alt-right, women are the future, and the problem’
The piece is by Seyward Darby, who’s cute, smart and accomplished. A motley coalition of online provocateurs, the alt-right opposes political correctness and multiculturalism. Many of its supporters rhapsodize about the eventual creation of white ethnostates in Europe and North … Continue reading
NYT: ‘Australia Grapples With Campus Assaults, and Reprisals Against Victims’
New York Times: “A January report by the advocacy group End Rape on Campus Australia found that universities had frequently failed to support victims of sexual assault and harassment.” Why should universities support those who make claims to being victims? … Continue reading