The unexamined life is not worth living: The unexamined philosophy is not worth having — feminism has become that unexamined philosophy…. Feminism has become the hegemonic ideology in academia and much of the media. This isn’t even a good thing for feminism. Ideologies that go unchallenged, that do not face questioning voices to keep them… Continue reading Why feminism needs men’s rights activism
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Salem was not about misogyny
(History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes) A recent, post on medium.com (here) argued that the Salem witch trials were about misogyny and then drew a straight line from there to the overturning of Roe v. Wade decision in the USA. The lessons to be learnt from Salem are about the dangers of a… Continue reading Salem was not about misogyny
Feminism: Building the Rhetorical Fortress
Feminism has become an unassailable ideology. It occupies a position in the media, academia, and NGOs akin to that occupied by the church in the 19th century. That has been achieved by turning it into a rhetorical fortress that is almost impossible to criticise. The motte and bailey fallacy A motte and bailey is a… Continue reading Feminism: Building the Rhetorical Fortress
A tale of research misconduct and gullible hacks?
“A lie can travel round the world while the truth is putting on its boots“ A story about women receiving abuse while running appeared in the Guardian here and on the BBC website here. It seems that 2/3 of women experience harassment while running. The real story, I suspect, is one of research misconduct, gullible… Continue reading A tale of research misconduct and gullible hacks?
Men are not to blame for trans culture
There has been some predictable femsplaining from journalist Victoria Smith, writing in The Critic (here). Victoria is one of those ‘prolific’ journalists who could turn winning the Euromillions lottery into a feminist oppression narrative. I put ‘prolific’ in inverted commas because, in reality, she publishes the same articles over and over again. Predictably, she comes… Continue reading Men are not to blame for trans culture
Do feminists hate men?
A recent academic publication from ‘Psychology of Women Quarterly,’ claims to show that women in general and feminists in particular do not have a negative view of men (see here). The study has attracted interest in the mainstream media and among bloggers – see here for example). As you might expect, there are a number of… Continue reading Do feminists hate men?
The Death of the English Literature Degree
“Long before any ideas of “woke” had entered the mainstream, university English departments had decided what was, and wasn’t, acceptable. Woe betide you, student or tutor alike, if you deviated from the new orthodoxy” Alexander Larman writing in The Critic It might seem odd to take pleasure in the decline and possible death of English… Continue reading The Death of the English Literature Degree
NHS Diversity A-Z
(No S for scepticism or N for Nuance) A disturbing document that reflects ideological thinking in the UK National Health Service (NHS) briefly appeared on a public facing part of the NHS website before it was taken down and hidden in a password-protected area. Presumably, this was to ensure that the taxpayers who fund the… Continue reading NHS Diversity A-Z
Laura Bates and the axis of radicalisation
Laura Bates is something of a media celebrity and the author of books including Everyday Sexism and Men Who Hate Women. She is guaranteed uncritical acceptance on daytime TV where I have yet to see her asked a remotely challenging question. That is a pity because her most recent book, at least, is ‘full of… Continue reading Laura Bates and the axis of radicalisation
Pictures do the ‘heavy lifting’
When a newspaper or magazine article seeks to make a point, a lot of the ‘heavy lifting’ is done by the associated pictures. Even when the underlying text is perfectly well balanced, pictures can be chosen that distort our perspectives. Because most of us ‘skim’ articles in a superficial manner this can happen easily and… Continue reading Pictures do the ‘heavy lifting’
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