Category: Feminism
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By Selwyn Duke It was 20 years ago now that three Duke University lacrosse players were indicted on rape and other charges after a stripper, Crystal Mangum, claimed she was attacked at a team party. It became a real media cause célèbre, with pseudo-elites everywhere condemning the male undergraduates. But the case blew up in…
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By Selwyn Duke Would you pay for your child to be “educated” with “Is the Rectum a Grave?” or “Sex in Public”? How about “Trans, Feminism: Or, Reading Like a Depressed Transsexual,” “Homonationalism in Queer Times,” or “AfroQueer Art Worlds”? No, this isn’t satire. The above are actual readings/courses in the University of Texas’ Department…
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By Selwyn Duke In the legendary 1957 film 12 Angry Men, one holdout juror initially prevents a conviction in a murder trial. “Juror 8” (played by Henry Fonda) says he’s just not yet convinced of the defendant’s guilt. Through persuasion, reasoned analysis, and a little shaming, he leads an effort that eventually results in a…
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By Selwyn Duke Feminist sports icon Billie Jean King is at it again, oblivious to economics and banging on about “equal pay” for female tennis players. It apparently never occurs to her that there’s one way to get the men’s money. The same way the men do: Compete on the men’s tour and succeed. Oh,…
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By Selwyn Duke “How do you write women so well?” novelist Melvin Udall was asked in the 1997 film As Good as It Gets. “I think of a man,” he replied, “and I take away reason and accountability.” This comes to mind while pondering the Lindsay Clancy situation. Oh, I’m not currently editorializing on whether…
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By Selwyn Duke “The end goal of feminist revolution must be … not just the elimination of male privilege,” wrote feminist Shulamith Firestone in 1970, “but of the sex distinction itself.” “Genital differences between human beings,” she added, “would no longer matter culturally.” Firestone doesn’t get much credit for it, but her standard became feminist…
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By Selwyn Duke “Great social revolutions are impossible without the feminine ferment,” wrote infamous communism co-founder Karl Marx in 1868. Interestingly, too, it was a convention in 1848, the same exact year Marx’s Communist Manifesto was published, that’s often cited as marking “first-wave” American feminism’s birth. So the ideology has been around a long time…
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By Selwyn Duke “I feel that ‘man-hating’ is an honorable and viable political act,” said Robin Morgan, a Ms. magazine editor and prominent “second-wave” feminist, in a 1973 speech. Morgan passed away just days ago, but her spirit not only lives on; it has metastasized. The evidence? A new survey has found that a striking majority of…
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By Selwyn Duke Here’s a staggering finding: American men’s testosterone levels have dropped one percent or more a year for decades. This means their T levels are now up to 35 percent lower than in 1987. Almost as staggering: This reality gets precious little coverage from the (left-wing) legacy media. Why is this? Try the…
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By Selwyn Duke In the “old” days of the internet, you perhaps had to be wary of some creep in a chat masquerading as an appealing romantic interest. But that was small ball. Today some men are falling for gorgeous female “influencers” — who happen to be generated via artificial intelligence (AI). The kicker: Some…
