Archives for February 2018

Olympic Pair Skaters Affirm the Futility of Gender Equality

February 19, 2018 by Suzanne Venker

I sincerely hope you have five minutes. I promise it will be worth your time (in fact, the music alone is worth it) to watch this shockingly beautiful clip of Olympic Gold Medalists Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Masso.Go ahead—I’ll wait while you watch.Are you back? If so, tell me this: In what universe would it be possible for these two individuals to reverse roles, where Savchenko acts as Masso’s rock, raising him up over her head while he falls into her embrace?Exactly. There is no such

“The beautiful society which we Western women built is in tatters.”

February 9, 2018 by Suzanne Venker

“How bizarre it is to have to argue the obvious, to have to prove over and over again what is self-evident, so let me be as offensive as I possibly can: Men are men and women are women. They are essentially different and designed for a natural division of labor. Period.”So begins the interview with Mallory Millett at Front Page Magazine, which essentially amounts to a scathing indictment of her sister Kate Millett’s influence, as well as feminism’s influence in general, on American

Men Aren’t Made to Fight with Women

February 5, 2018 by Suzanne Venker

Last week the writer Cathy Young asked men on Twitter if they agreed with Jordan Peterson’s observation in his conversation with Camille Paglia that “in any intellectual confrontation between men there’s an implicit option of settling things with fists, and since it’s not an option when arguing with a woman, men are at a disadvantage.”The choices the men on Twitter could choose from were: absolutely true, a bit exaggerated, interesting idea, and totally nuts.Forty-eight percent said Peterson’s

When You Think You’re a Feminist, but You’re Not

February 1, 2018 by Suzanne Venker

Feminism is crumbling before our very eyes. I think the Women’s March and the #Metoo movement, and the overall response to President Trump from Democrats, did it. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s Jordan Peteron’s infamous takedown of UK’s feminist journalist, Cathy Newman. People have officially awakened from their slumber. Because of this, the topic won’t go away—and …