Back in 1964 Eric Bern, a psychologist, wrote a book called Games People Play, launching a new way of looking at people. The book described an array of methods that people use to manipulate other people in order to get what they want from them—or methods of defending against assumed threats. Berne extended Sigmund Freud’s …
Over the years, feminism has portrayed itself as a political moment that is working toward the goal of equality between men and women. But this is just its public relations angle. When you study feminist history for the last hundred years, you discover a trend not towards equality but towards inequality: putting down men and …
Sigmund Freud, the Austrian psychoanalyst, was the first male authority figure feminists attacked. They began their attack on him at the beginning of the 20th Century and continued it up until the present. They then proceeded to attack practically all male authority figures, from George Washington to William Shakespeare and from Thomas Edison to John …
The headline this morning said, “North Carolina girl wrestler dominates boys to become first ever female state champion.” She was praised not just for winning the championship, but mainly for winning it against boys. Girls are winning acclaim by beating boys, and this encourages them to compete with men later on. Perhaps soon there will …
Back in 1964 Eric Bern, a psychologist, wrote a book called Games People Play, launching a new way of looking at people. The book described an array of methods that people use to manipulate other people in order to get what they want from them—or methods of defending against assumed threats. Berne extended Sigmund Freud’s …
