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Good Will Toward Men Thoughtful women are fighting back against gender feminism's "war on men." "Boss Tweed" Feminism The ideal of equal representation for women in democratic governments around the globe sounds praiseworthy. But its implementation has little to do with "equality" or "democracy." Call Me "Anti-Woman" Some feminists are dissing Laura Bush and the Bush administration's recent support of the Afghan women. Is this jealousy over Republicans taking over their political turf or are such statements politically significant? Hang Male-Bashing Out to Dry Robert Rowan is proud of stealing 21 ceramic penises that were part of a domestic violence art show at the Boulder Public Library in Colorado. Arm the Afghan Women Afghan women need to exercise the right of self-defense, including gun ownership. U.N. Should Provide Aid — Not Impose Social Policy Refugees and the world's impoverished need food, clothing, medicine, and education — not feminist policy on sexual matters. Government Involvement Would Cost Charities Their Heart and Soul Apparent fundraising abuse has government officials threatening to increase their control of private charities, putting those bastions of volunteerism in danger of becoming an arm of the state. War Is Not a Vehicle for Social Agendas The proximate cause of the current conflict is the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 — not the oppression of Afghan women. Afghan Women's Group Raises More Questions Than Answers With fund-raising for Afghan relief running at a fever pitch, it behooves us to ask where all this money is going. Free Speech Protects All Speech Having once championed "hate speech" laws, feminists and the Left are now crying for freedom of speech. Defending Yourself Against Terror Terrorism is a diffuse threat that cries out for diffuse solutions. Michel Foucault and Pornography Why and how did Foucault influence feminism? And why are some feminists now finding fault with him? Individualism: A New View of Feminism The manner in which the word "equality" is defined is a litmus test by which different schools of feminism can be distinguished from each other. Afghan Women: The First Victims of Terrorism If the United States retaliates against last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks by bombing Afghan cities, among the main victims of a U.S. strike will be the innocent women who live in terror under the Taliban government. A Glimpse into the Mind of Terrorism People who call the terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center towers an act of "cowardice" do not understand what happened. The act is far worse than that. Redefining Domestic Violence October is domestic violence awareness month, and nothing cries out for awareness so much as the misconceptions that have been constructed around this issue by politically correct feminists. Homeschooling, A Feminist Challenge In quiet mutiny against the quality and content of government education, a growing number of women are choosing to stay at home to teach their children one-on-one. Rallying Around a Baby-Killer The Houston Area branch of NOW has positioned itself politically to benefit from the expected trial of the child-killing mother Andrea Pia Yates. The Cost of Sexual Harassment Hundreds of thousands of parents are tightening their belts to write out huge tuition checks for a son or daughter going to university this September. Part of what they are paying for is the fiasco of sexual harassment policies. Don't Believe It: Not All Fathers Are Child Molesters Feminists should be applauded for shedding bright light on the sexual abuse of children. They should be deeply ashamed of how they have used it. Why Feminists Support Condit Adultery may be the only important aspect of marriage that PC feminists have not subjected to intense ideological analysis. Your Child is Worth Money to the State State agencies now have a financial incentive to separate children from their parents and put them up for adoption. Don't Do Us Any More Middle-Class Favors Most feminist policies harm the very women they should be protecting -- that is, the pink-collar worker. The Billion Mom March Where does a rights-hating organization go when it has collapsed in disgrace in its own country? If it is the Million Mom March, dedicated to destroying the right to bear arms, it goes to the United Nations. In Praise of Housewives In the 60's, a "Father Knows Best" image of the housewife stereotyped women who stayed at home. Today, PC feminism creates a stereotype that denigrates the housewife or, more accurately, views her as a paradigm of how men politically oppress women. Murder: A New Feminist View of Motherhood Andrea Pia Yates -- the Houston woman who drowned her five children -- has prompted stunned and public discussion of how a mother could possibly kill her own offspring. She has also inspired a particularly vicious new feminist line of reasoning. The New Mythology of Rape Rape has ceased to be an act of violence which criminals commit against individual women. It has been placed at the service of a larger political agenda. Bashing Boys A 1997 study that was instrumental in embedding PC feminist politics into the education of young children has been called a "farce" and "perhaps fraudulent." The Abortion Conflict: A Libertarian Message to Both Sides "An admittedly unconventional view of the abortion issue" that "needs to be heard by both sides — because both sides are their own worst enemy." [PDF file] How to Ruin a Man's Life Last month, the Washington State Supreme Court ordered Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. to pay $1.15 million to former student Ru Paster who had been accused of date rape. Second-Hand Harassment The meaning of sexual harassment has been expanding and may soon embrace "second-hand harassment" -- a notion similar to second-hand smoke. Battered Husbands Men as well as women are victims of domestic abuse but discussing that fact is a taboo in our society. The Myths of Rape The mother of all feminist myths on campuses today is that one in four female students has been the victim of rape or attempted rape. Homelessness and Prostitution Teen prostitution is an unintended consequence of child labor laws. America's Re-education Camps A major PC goal on American campuses is to enforce "sensitivity" through a re-education of students' values. A Sexual War within the United Nations The radical feminist agenda has gone global and the United Nations is leading an attack on both family values and the traditional role of women. The Abortion Debate that Wasn't By eschewing moral issues, feminism has allowed the hideous practical consequences of the pro-life position to stand without contradiction. E.R.A.: R.I.P. Why is mainstream feminism returning yet again to the scene of its greatest disaster? Dining with Pornographers My first dinner at the Winter '94 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a headlong dive into the hard core porn industry. Must I Use a Gun to be Moral? Defending gun-rights has not made me a fellow-traveler of the "gun culture." What Does Affirmative Action Affirm? Affirmative action has hindered the institution that has done the most to benefit women economically: the free market. Gender Madness on Columbia's Campus Columbia University's new Sexual Misconduct Policy sounds the death knell for due process on Columbia's campus -- at least, for male students. The MacKinnon-Dworkin Memory Hole Their "complete and accurate record" of the Pornography Civil Rights Hearings is neither complete nor accurate. Sex on the Brain: a review A look at two recent books about sex: Deborah Blum's Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women, and Charles Pickstone's The Divinity of Sex: The Search for Ecstasy in a Secular Age. True Feminism Needs a Revival Individual liberty and free enterprise are feminism's best friends. Guest editorial by Joe Goodson. Moses Harman: The Paradigm of a Male Feminist Moses Harman (1830-1910) was a social visionary often overlooked by feminist historians, perhaps because he is male. "Solutions" to Prostitution The individualist feminist approach to prostitution is to advocate decriminalization: that is, the abolition of all laws against selling sex. Angela Fiducia Tilton Heywood A profile of a forgotten individualist feminist. The Contagious Disease Acts These 1860s Acts occasioned "the western world's first feminine revolt of any stature." True Love Waits: a review What type of feminist is Wendy Kaminer? A look at her latest book. Victoria Woodhull: An Unacknowledged Individualist The first woman to run for president was an ifeminist. Where Feminist Theory Has Gone Wrong Contemporary feminism has forgotten its roots and has taken a disastrous turn away from the true interest of women. The 'Monologues' Ride Again Why are the organizers so determined to prevent the original version of "The Vagina Monologues" from being performed? |
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