Feminist wisdom claims that women are pressured into marriage by the patriarchy against their wills, and marriage is something women really don’t desire. No really. Anja Eriud points out a few ironies embedded in this narrative.
Feminism appeals to the selfish little girl in women, with demands that she should ‘have it all’. And that anytime she doesn’t, it’s men’s fault. And it’s that scapegoating, the ‘othering’ of men that marks feminism as truly evil.
Feminists don’t hold women responsible for anything, which makes them believe they have no power. If a man makes a mistake, it’s because men are bad. If a woman makes a mistake, it’s because men are bad.
On publication of his paper Sokal exposed his hoax in the journal Lingua Franca. The editors of Social Text immediately cried foul and added a misplaced criticism of Sokal’s writing style. They missed the point, entirely. Sokal’s intent was to write badly (and think badly) yet have his poor scholarship overlooked due to its superficial accordance with leftist ideology.
Robert shows us how feminists ignore a serious problem facing women in the developing world in favor of spending time and money on trivial gender concerns.
AVfM welcomes 17 year old Josh O’Brien, who has already figured out that the “Patriarchy” myth of privileging men over women is, well, a myth. When youngsters are already figuring it out for themselves, we have hope that this hateful notion will die within our lifetimes.
It’s easy, and pretty common, to charge MRA’s with being conspiracy nuts. But that is in a topsy-turvey world where feminists see patriarchal machinations and oppression around every corner.
How are men to avoid slipping into nihilism when they learn how little value they have in the eyes of society? Andy Thomas explores the question.
Some AVFM articles are the gift that keeps on giving. Paul Elam shares one of those from the past and also treats us to a review of why it was and is such a successful piece of writing. He also shows us how we have feminists to thank for it.
White knight, noun or a verb.
