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Category Archives: Feminism
Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West and What Can Be Done About It
William Lind writes: Martin van Creveld’s latest book, Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West and What Can Be Done About It, is so important that it re-defines the military reform agenda. Previously, military reform has focused on the … Continue reading
Why Are Women Reporting On Sports?
Comments at Steve Sailer: * I have often wondered about the marketing research that says female sideline reporters at NFL games are a good idea. Michelle Tafoya could eat crackers in my bed but we wouldn’t be talking about football … Continue reading
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The Great Men On Women’s Little Passions
From the Chateau: Via reader oldfury, a Chesterfield warning on the dangers of reorienting one’s foremost purpose to the objective of empowering women. As women are a considerable, or at least a pretty numerous part of company; and as their … Continue reading
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Talking To Children Is Good Practice For Talking To Women
From the Chateau: There’s another way the behavior of children holds the key to successfully flirting with grown women. The conversation style that elicits peals of joy from children is pretty similar to the conversation style that elicits squeals of … Continue reading
Chicks Can’t Stop Loving Jerkboy Killers
From the Chateau: Tragically comic story coming out of Orlando. Noor AkbarMySnatchbar Salman, wife of murderous Muslim Omar Mateen (son of Afghan immigrants who is now the post-mortem proud jihadi owner of the worst mass shooting in American history), texted … Continue reading
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Men Work Harder Than Women
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The Sad Squeaks Of An Aging Starlet’s Rationalization Hamster Spinning Its Final Wheel
From the Chateau: Sharon Stone is a long way from her star turn in the movie Basic Instinct as a femme fatale who flashes her vaj during an interrogation. Thirty years on, paying audiences don’t want to see her vagina … Continue reading
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Martin van Creveld, Pussycats: Why the Rest Keeps Beating the West—and What Can Be Done about It
Martin Van Creveld writes: In the kingdom(s) of the West, something is rotten. Collectively, the countries of NATO are responsible for almost two thirds of global military spending. In terms of military technology, particularly electronics, communications and logistics, they have … Continue reading
Jewish Feminists: #Shoutyourabortion
The Forward tweets: “Have you had an abortion? We want to hear from you. #ShoutYourAbortion” Forward: Last week, our own Larry Cohler-Esses shared his story of helping a close friend obtain an abortion in 1969, when it was still illegal … Continue reading
4 Reasons Why Women Cannot And Should Not Lead
From Return of Kings: A strong woman is as unattractive to men as a weak man is unattractive to women. …Men have a deeply rooted aversion to powerful women, and rightly so. In addition to being repulsive, it involves huge … Continue reading
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