Recent Comments
Cartoon: Appealing to Trump Voters by Getting Tough on Immigration!
Cartoon: Hey did you hear? Biden is old!
Cartoon: Let's Outlaw Being Homeless! That'll Work!
Cartoon: Free Trade Is For Peasants, Not Cartoonists!
Cartoon: HOMOPHOBIC WOKE PARENTS ARE TURNING GAY KIDS TRANS!
Cartoon: "Sex Is Real" Is A Euphemism
Cartoon: THEY MURDERED MY CHILDHOOD!
Cartoon: Biden Stuffed Ballot Boxes in Boise!
Cartoon: Self-Medicating My ADHD
- Older »
Most Recent Open Thread
The most recent open thread can always be found at the top of this page. When older posts have closed comments, please respond to them on the most recent open thread.Alas, a Blogroll
- Election Law Blog
New OMB race/ethnicity categories
about an hour ago - Lawyers Guns and Money
All projection, all the time
2 hours ago - Asking The Wrong Questions
Announcing Track Changes: Selected Reviews by Abigail Nussbaum
15 hours ago - The Incidental Economist
Primary Care Providers Are the Key to Alzheimer’s Care
Yesterday - Language: A Feminist Guide
- Election Law Blog
Alas, A Subscription Service
Archives
Categories
Amp on Twitter
My Tweets
Category Archives: Christina Hoff Sommers
Oppressed by the Vagina Monologues
Via Redneck Feminist, an amusing article in Reason considers the right-wing horror of Eve Ensler’s much-criticized play. Meet the put-upon conservative coed, the prototype pushed by conservative feminists to demonstrate liberal bias on college campuses. We’ll call her Claire. Claire … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Christina Hoff Sommers
Comments Off
Why don't they give up on attacking Koss already?
In the comments to an earlier thread, Mousehounde wrote: As to the topic: I do not understand the fixation on trying to discredit Koss’ study. What difference does it make if the rate is not 1 in 4? So what … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Christina Hoff Sommers, Mary Koss controversy
Comments Off
The narrowness of "equity feminism"
(This is the third of three posts on “equity feminism” and “gender feminism.”) (Part one) Part two) Ironically, although self-dubbed “equity feminists” often say they’re continuing the traditions of first-wave feminism, it’s doubtful any first wave feminists would have signed … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Christina Hoff Sommers, Feminism, sexism, etc, Wendy McElroy
Comments Off
The origins and definitions of "gender feminism" and "equity feminism"
Ignoring the incoherence for a while, the two key differences in Hoff Sommers formulation seem to be that “gender feminists” believe that sexism against women is a widespread problem, found in virtually all our society’s institutions. In contrast, “equity feminists” apparently think that feminism’s only proper concern is legal equality – a goal that has been, to a significant extent, achieved in the USA – and there is absolutely no cultural or systemic bias against women. Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Christina Hoff Sommers, Feminism, sexism, etc
Comments Off
Blogroll: Rad Geek People's Daily
Just added Rad Geek People’s Daily to the blogroll, and I highly recommend y’all check it out. It’s so nice to see a genuinely leftist blog. I particular liked his critique of Christina Hoff Sommers (and of Salon’s weird dedication … Continue reading
Posted in Boy crisis, Christina Hoff Sommers, Link farms
Comments Off
Five Reasons Conservatives Can't Be Feminists
I ran across this article from the Chicago Tribune, about a right-wing student group that invited anti-feminist feminist Christina Hoff Sommers to speak at the University of Chicago. The article says nothing that isn’t predictable, but I was amused by … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Christina Hoff Sommers, Feminism, sexism, etc
Comments Off
Fact-Checking the Anti-Feminists; like following around an elephant with a bucket, no matter how much crap you clean up they keep producing more.
Instapundit links to this interview with professional “anti-feminist feminists” Camille Paglia and Christina Hoff Sommers. (The interview comes from “liberal media” PBS). I can’t claim to know the truth or fiction of everything the anti-fem mavens say. But, going from … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Christina Hoff Sommers, Mary Koss controversy
Comments Off