I noticed a number of posters resisting the notion that women in this environment are the primary problem because of their attitudes. Granted, the soft-lefty, post-modernist gibberish may have a gender-neutral or even a male origin, but it is women who tend to lap it up, as well as those men who are willing to be feminized. What is sad about all this is that “feminism” has stereotyped how women are supposed to think (excuse me, “feel”), and yet at the same time rail against male “domination” of the hard sciences and technology. Last I checked, lots of women are quite capable of thinking in very simlar patterns to those attributed to men, though perhaps in somewhat fewer numbers.
As to certain kinds of feminist-inspired literature, I once came across a marvelous collection of letters, diary entries and journal entries of American women from the 18th to the mid 20th century. They were fascinating and revealed a great deal about daily life and moments of crises in past times through the eyes and experiences of women. The collection, called “A Day At A Time” was published by the NYCC Feminist Press. Here’s the point of bringing this up, though: I was able to enjoy the writing fully because I could put each and everyone of the writings and the women who wrote them in a solid historical context. I, as a man, am able to enjoy these writings more fully than many intelligent, college-age women simply because their education has robbed them of the opportunities to learn the harder historical and literary material surrounding these by-gone lives. I find this sad.
