Excusing Irrationality
Dating coach Harris O’Malley opines on the Huffington Post that common terms used to describe women behaving irrationally or abusively are men’s way of silencing and belittling women. To which Jesse Folsom says, “whaaaaa…?”
Gynocentrism
The other beauty myth
In 1991 Naomi Wolf wrote The Beauty Myth where she claimed that women are oppressed by patriarchal pressure to be beautiful. What she failed to tell us is where the beauty-mandate originated, or how it is used to gain and maintain power over men. Peter Wright fills in some of the gaps left by Wolf’s victim narrative.
The myth of patriarchal oppression in Iran
Western media and feminists portray Iran as a nightmare for women. Look closely, under the veneer of Islamophobic hype courtesy of feminist media, and the bad dream dissolves into one of the most luxurious, indulgent, gynocentric places on the planet.
An Arizona YWCA uses its “Social Justice” roots to focus on boys and men
“Social Justice” is a term that sounds like something no one could object to, sort of like “Women’s Rights.” You can hide almost any agenda you want under nice-sounding words. Suzanne Venker looks at recent doings by Social Justice advocates at a YWCA in Arizona that may help us see that terms like “Social Justice” are not always benign.
Infanticide: de facto post-natal abortions, but only for women
The percentage of mothers killing their infant children, compared to fathers, is so overwhelming, as is our sociteal compulsion to issue women criminal passes, that we are dreaming up names for the act that imply the lives they take are not lives. Have we heard this before? Oh yeah.
Also, not interested in the carrot
Sometimes, people who spend a lot of time bashing men say nice things about them. John Hembling says “no thanks, not interested.”
Women in the Indian work force
The number of women participating in the Indian workforce has dropped significantly as the country progresses economically. Burt Phoenix provides an overview of the trend and asks what might be the factors driving women’s lowered participation in the workforce?
Feminist archeologist accidentally destroys feminist theory of Patriarchy
Patriarchy Theory, crucial to virtually all Feminist Theory, has always been hateful pseudoscientific garbage. It appears that feminists themselves are beginning to recognize it.
Unraveling the myths of gynocentric culture
At what point did isolated instances of gynocentrism morph into full-blown gynocentric culture? Peter Wright explores the difference between Paleolithic instances of gynocentrism and the beginnings of the pervasive gynocentric culture we have grown familiar with today.
The spirit of chivalry (1818)
Traditionalists and feminists share a common dream of entitled women; traditionalists maintain conventional entitlements for women, while feminists work to extend the range of those entitlements. In 1818 Sir Walter Scott detailed how chivalry is the force that makes all this possible.
