By now, you’ve probably read “The War on Men,” the recent Fox News op-ed that blamed the decline of marriageable males, noted in books like The End of Men, on feminists. Or you've at least seen your Facebook friends complain about it. It says that modern women have emasculated, repulsed, and “pissed off” men with their anger and defensiveness — and by rejecting their God-given, nurturing natures. Gulp.
Author Suzanne Venker's books, 7 Myths of Working Mothers and The Flipside of Feminism (written with anti-feminist gadfly Phyllis Schlafly, who is her aunt), are part of a small but vocal school of anti-feminist conservative thought. It holds that feminism denigrates motherhood (Who raised you, Hilary Rosen?), and it has a deep aversion to whining. And though our feminism loves moms and thinks we should leverage that uncontroversial feeling to get paid maternity leave, paternity leave, and fair wages and rights for domestic workers, Venker and her ilk merit investigation. After all, it was at the Democratic National Convention where Princeton-educated lawyer Michelle Obama said her most important title was “mom-in-chief.”
We reached Venker at home in St. Louis Tuesday morning to discuss the blowback on the op-ed, details on her forthcoming book, and gender essentialism.
Via: Suzanne Venker Prescribes a Detox From Feminism
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