In addition to attacking academics, liberals, and the feminist leaders, the author accuses all of the above of using deceptive or inaccurate data. How women have betrayed women, christina hoff sommers sounds the alarm. Who stole feminism how women have betrayed women by. Specializing in ethics, she is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute. I know its just a title, and its probably the publishers idea of a grab for readership, but who stole feminism. Certainly, there are those who will take exception to the authors politics, but her main conclusions, namely 1 the brand of feminism that seems to dominate the media does not represent the average woman, 2 this feminism, or gender feminism as the author terms it, has used. How women have betrayed women, christina hoff sommers, associate professor of philosophy at clark university, describes the appropriation of the movement once known as feminism by a cadre of partyline bureaucrats promoting an agenda of victimism and victimologybased revolution, with serious implications for the wider world. She also hosts a video blog called the factual feminist. Who stole feminism audiobook christina hoff sommers. On the evidence of this book, christina hoff sommers is a wallflower at feminist. Christina hoff sommers is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. The feminist movement, announces sommers, who teaches philosophy at.
This book is not an attack on authentic feminism, but a refutation of women who claim to be feminists though they have in many ways betrayed women. She is a feminist who is upset that the feminist movement has turned into malebashing. Who stole feminism how women have betrayed women ebook. In a successful effort to demonstrate that radical feminists have betrayed the concerns of the vast majority of women, she does a great job of reporting horror stories from the gender wars, but she is not as good at analyzing the ideology. Pdf who stole feminism how women have betrayed women by.
Who stole feminism how women have betrayed women, the war against boys. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. How women have betrayed women by christina hoff sommers 1995, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In this 320page book, christina sommers, a philosophy professor at clark university, alerts us to the beliefs, behavior, and influence of radical feminists, whom she calls gender feminists. Sommers contends that equity feminists seek equal legal rights for women and men, while gender feminists. Sommers argues that there is a split within american feminism between equity feminism and what she terms gender feminism. No ones mind will be changed by karls book, but its a valuable report from the scene of an ongoing train wreck. Despite its authors claims to the contrary, this book reads like a rightwing, antifeminist call to arms. She has a phd in philosophy from brandeis university and was formerly a professor of philosophy at clark university. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading who stole feminism how women have betrayed women.
Such feminists have alienated and silenced women and men alike. American feminism is currently dominated by a group of women who seek to persuade the public that american women are not the free creatures we think we are, she writes. C she has a phd in philosophy from brandeis university and was formerly a professor of philosophy at clark university. Christina hoff sommers generally travels from washington, dc, usa and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances. Despite its current dominance, sommers maintains, such a breed of feminism is at odds with the real aspirations and values of most american women and undermines the cause of true equality.
As is the case with books that address tightly heald beliefs, the reactions can be extreme praise and extreme criticism. This book claims that the modern feminist movement has been coopted by radical leftwing extremists. Christina hoff sommers is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute in washington, d. How women have betrayed women by christina hoff sommers. One cannot open a newspaper or turn on the television these days without seeing another story about the horrors visited upon american women in a mans world. How women have betrayed women is a 1994 book by christina hoff sommers, a writer who was at that time a philosophy professor at clark university. In this wonderfully harsh polemic against modern feminism, christina hoff sommers essentially sets out to hunt a mouse with an elephant gun. How women have betrayed women, in which she argues that the feminist movement has become too selfabsorbed, too unrepresentative and too narrowminded. Christina hoff sommers, a philosophy professor at clark university, proves in her book that feminism is out of control. How women have betrayed women is a 1994 book about american feminism by christina hoff sommers, a writer who was at that time a. Sommers argues that there is a split between equity feminism and what she terms gender feminism. Sommers is known for her critique of contemporary feminism. There are a variety of reasons why you might be opposed to the belief that women.
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