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The word on masculinity

I’ve got no problem with people wanting to ignore the fact that every civilization on the planet is defended by men. However, I take issue with feminists claiming that violence is a masculine trait. Note that I understand men use violence to protect others but that is not the type of violence feminists are referring to. They are talking about random and sadistic violence. They are talking about men who beat their wives and children simply because they can. Feminists put out commercials on national television, calling them “public service announcements”, which depict men beating women for spilling coffee and claim this scenario to be the norm for everyday families.

Robert Brockway’s ICMI2023 presentation – part 2

There is another aspect to all of this too. Big Tech. Big Tech refers to the big technology players like Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google. Collectively these companies are known as the FAANGs. They hold an enormous amount of power today. But it wasn’t always so. The 1990s saw widespread democratisation of technology. The …

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Robert Brockway’s ICMI2023 presentation – part 1

Woke is a widely-used adjective. Woke is generally understood to involve supporting or believing in various notions that are widely accepted among social justice warriors. People who consider themselves woke generally: Consider themselves to be left-wing Support identity politics Support feminism Believe in rape culture Believe in male privilege Believe that street harassment is a …

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Gender Tribalism

One thing that never ceases to amaze is how often prescient writers predicted where we’d be today, but were ignored at the time. This essay from the 1990s by Peter Schwartz explores the issues from a philosophical Objectivist position.