Shameful anti-male bigotry in the study of honor-based killings
Douglas Galbi takes on feminism’s sexist definition of honor killings.
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Feminism and Romance Literature
According to a recent poll only 18% of U.S. people consider themselves feminist.1 On that account we can expect readers of romance novels to comprise not more than 18% feminists, and likely far less due to the fact that feminists disparage traditional approaches to romance…. at least according to their rhetoric. A more generous National Geographic/Ipsos survey2 …
Not paying the cost to be a girlboss
As was the case with his peers, bluesman B.B. King (1925-2015) came from humble beginnings – to put it mildly. Born to sharecroppers on a Mississippi cotton plantation, his mother deserted the family when he was four years old. Thereafter, he was raised by his grandmother. His first job was working in a cotton gin. …
Frame Within Frame: A Gynocentric Misstep
As Max O’Rell noted in the year 1900, men tend to exert intersexual frame within a larger intersexual frame of gynocentrism of which they are unconscious, while deluding themselves that they are guiding the entire interaction. “The best thing that can happen to a man is to be ruled by his wife; but she should rule him …
It’s an ill wind
When I was a lad, I was informed that the word “fart” was an acronym for “Foul Air, Rear Trap.” It made sense to me at the time, but as is often the case, you eventually discover that you can’t believe everything grown-ups tell you. Whatever the origin of the word, I have noticed that …
Transphobia vs. Manphobia
Discussion about transgenderism is all the rage, with many people railing against what they view as a Frankenstein fad, and yet others who are encouraging the trend beyond what anyone would consider reasonable limits – e.g., gender-affirming surgery for children. A third approach is that of the social phenomenologist which accounts for people (including myself) …
Narcissism Exaggerates Baseline Hypergamy
Hypergamy: an evolutionary norm, or exaggerated by cultural narcissism?
